Maintain card property values
You can specify a set of enumerated values for Managed list properties. If the managed list property is locked, then the only way to add or remove allowable values is via the Project admin tab.
Navigate to the Property values page
- Sign in to Mingle as a project administrator and open the project you want to change (if you're not already working in the project).
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Click the Project admin tab.
Mingle displays the Project settings page.
if you are logged in as a project team member, Mingle displays the Team page.
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Click the Card properties link.
Mingle displays the Card properties page with all properties set up for this project.
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Now you can either...
- Click on the X valueslink in the Property values column for the property you want to work with.
- or, Click on the Edit link for the property you want to work with, and then choose the Edit values once the Edit property page opens.
Add a property value...
To add a new card property value you can type the new value into the edit box and click on the Add
The new value will appear in the list, and you can subsequently assign it a reporting color or move it in the display order as described below
Alter a property value...
To alter a property value, click on the Edit link to the right of the property value you want to work with. The row will change into edit mode and you are able to change the value.
Effects of altering a property value
- The value will be changed in any cards where the property had the original value
- Any MQL which referenced the original value will display an error, this may affect charts and tables
- Any Favorite which used the original value in a filter condition will be changed to use the new value
- Any Transition which used the original value in its 'has' or 'set' clause will be changed to use the new value
- TODO: please review and suggest any missing effects
Delete a property value...
To delete a property value, click on the Delete link to the right of the property you want to work with. This link will not be present if the property value is used by any cards or transitions.
If you want to delete a property value which is used by cards or transitions, you will need to first edit the cards or transitions to remove references to the value.
Effects of deleting a property value
- Any MQL which referenced the original value will display an error, this may affect charts and tables
- Any Favorite which used the original value in a filter condition will be deleted
- Any Tab based on a favorite which used the original value in a filter condition will also be deleted
- TODO: please review and suggest any missing effects
Assign a reporting color...
To assign a reporting color to a property value, click on the box in the Reporting color column for the property value. Mingle will display a color picker, drag the selection box over the color you want to assign, or just type in the color value if you know it.
Change the display order...
To change the display order of the property values, you can click on the Drag handle on the row you want to move, drag and drop to reposition it in the list. You can only change the display order for Manage text list properties, the display order for Managed Number list properties is always smallest to largest.
Effects of changing the display order
- Any filter criteria which uses the comparison operators 'greater than' or 'less than' will now evaluate the relative precedence of that value differently. (see note below)
- Any sort condition that ordered the property values will now sort them in the new order
The display order is used to resolve precedence when the 'greater than' and 'less than' filter operators are used with managed text list properties. A value that is higher in the display order is considered to be less than a value which is below it. In practice this means that if you want a value of 'High' to be 'greater than' a value of 'Medium', then you should order the values such that 'High' is below 'Medium' in the list. This corresponds to the display order for managed number list values.