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Status Future consideration
Categories Feature
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 2, 2023

Improve usage of artifact templates in context of modules

Right now it is very hard to use artifact templates in context of modules. Unfortunately premium templates like Automotive Compliance template depend heavily on this mechanism.

Currently in most cases the user is not asked or assisted to create artifacts in context of modules prefilled by an artifact template.
So the scenario looks like this:
- I have an existing module with type "Software Requirements Module"
- Inside the Software Requirements Module I want to create a "Software Requirement" and the AC template provides me a template which should always be used to fill such a software requirement.

Possiblities:
1) Use "Create" button at top left. "Create" -> "Software Requirement"
--> I do not get a template selection dialog, just an empty artifact is created
2) Use "Strg + Enter" at an existing Software Requirement (or "Insert new Artifact" -> "After")
--> I do not get a template selection dialog, just an empty artifact is created
3) Use "Insert new Artifact" -> "Insert other artifact type after..."
--> I get the dialog and can select a template

So it seems that only the least intuitive solution ("Use 'insert *other* artifact type after' to create an artefact of the *same* type and select the template") gets me to my wanted behavior that the artifact template can be applied.

Please consider improving the behavior to support a requirements process where artifact templates are necessary.

Idea priority Low
Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)