Selecting packages

Packages control the tasks that you can perform in the web client. The packages that you can choose depend on the licenses that are available to you. Your current package is displayed in the header of the Rational® DOORS® Web Access page, and contains a drop-down menu.

About this task

The Review package is the default package that is assigned to you the first time you log in. The Review package uses a review license, which allows you to look at modules, and add discussions to modules and objects. If you want to edit, copy, or move objects, or create and delete links, you need the Edit package. When you select an Edit package, a request for an edit license is sent to the license server. If the request is successful, the edit options become available in the web client. If there are no edit licenses available, or if you are not allowed an edit license, a message is displayed and you keep the Review package.

Once you have acquired an edit license it is not released until you log out, even if you downgrade your package to Review.

Procedure

  1. Click the current package.
  2. Select the package that you want.

What to do next

You can make your current package the default package that is acquired when you log in. Click the current package, and then select either Make Editing my Default or Make Reviewing my Default.
Note: Information about your current package is stored in a cookie on your machine. The current package setting is not maintained if you log in from a different machine, or as a different user.
Related concepts:
The database explorer
Favorites
The Details panel
Viewing information in modules

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