Edit a lifecycle

You can easily edit a lifecycle but pay special attention to any displayed warnings. Configuration Designer will warn you if any of the changes you want to save will invalidate a milestone or dependency.

1. On the home page, click the name of the configuration.
2. Click the Lifecycles tab.
3. Click Edit next to the lifecycle you want to change. To change the name, at Activity, enter a new name.
4. To change the role that can perform the activity, at Role select a new one.
5. Optional: Enable or disable file upload, submission activity, and due date options using the check boxes to the right of the activity. If you enable due date, specify the Expected days for completion.
6. Click Submit.

You will receive a warning if an edit to an artifact’s lifecycle will result in invalid milestones or dependencies. When you click Submit (above), Configuration Designer reviews the artifact’s list of milestones and dependencies to determine the impact, and if no milestones or dependencies will be invalidated by the changes, the changes are saved and the artifact list displays as it did before.

If one or more milestones and/or dependencies will be invalidated by the changes, a confirmation modal displays that identifies the lifecycle name and lists all affected milestones and/or dependencies. The confirmation provides action options for you to:

• Cancel – This option cancels the lifecycle change and closes the modal.
• Submit – This option confirms the lifecycle change and closes the modal. Affected milestones and dependencies are then invalidated but not deleted. Non-deletion allows you to update the affected item as desired.
• Copy to Clipboard – This option copies the list of affected milestones and dependencies to your clipboard so you can paste and save it in a preferred editor (e.g., Notepad, Microsoft Word, etc.). This option does not close the modal or save artifact lifecycle changes. Instead, the you will click Cancel or Submit to close the modal