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Version 8.4 and later

Exporting Requirements as ICS Files and Importing as Appointments

With Version 8.4 of objectiF RM you can export requirements as ICS files. These files can then be transferred to a virtual calendar (i.e. MS Outlook) as appointments.

Create Date Properties

By default, a requirement naturally doesn’t have a pre-attributed start and end date. You need specify these dates yourself.

  1. Open the Stereotype window and go to Requirement, which is found under DomainElement.
  2. Open its context menu and the execute the command Properties.
  1. In the Properties tab, click on the Plus button and add a property date from both the Date and DateTime types for both the start and end dates of the activity.
  1. Save your choices.

Enable Functions

In order to use the functions in queries, you first need to specify a directory for the ICS file. In addition, you will also need to assign defined properties for the start and end dates. Failure to do this will result in an error during the export process.

  1. Click on Project/ Properties in the backstage menu to open the project properties.
  2. Go to the Settings tab.
  3. In the field for ICS file, decide on a target directory, which is where the file will be exported to.
    You also have the option of selecting the check boxes for Include partipants in the appointment and Add assigned files in the attachments.
  1. In the dropdown menus for Requirements start date and Requirements end date, specify your choices.
    If the start and end dates are the same, the appointment will be displayed as taking place over only one day when viewed in a calendar.
  1. Save your choices.

Enter Start and End Dates for Requirements

Before exporting requirements, first enter a start and end date. Do this by opening the dialog for each requirement you wish to export and then go to the tab for Further Properties. Here, enter the details for the start and end dates. You can now export the requirement as a ICS file through a query.

Export Requirements as ICS Files

As already established, before you can transfer a requirement as an appointment into a calendar, a start and end date is needed. These properties are user-defined (see Create date properties). Additional staff members and files can be saved to the file through the Users and Attachments tabs respectively.
 

  1. Open a query that contains requirements.
  2. Select the requirement(s) you’d like to export as appointments.
  3. Click Create calendar file.
A message will be displayed when the export is complete. You will find the file(s) in your chosen directory.

Import ICS Files

    1. Go to the directory where the ICS file is stored.
    2. Double-click on the file.
      An email app will open and the requirement will be displayed in the app’s calendar as an appointment.

Upon opening the appointment, you will be able to view the date when the requirement has been created. Depending on the configuration, the assigned staff members and the description corresponding to the requirement will also be displayed. You will find the assigned files in the attachments.