New Cradle Query Feature
In the query details dialog, users can now set the ‘Delete State’ of linked (or not linked items).
Those states are:
- Normal an item considered live and accessible
- Recoverable an item that has been deleted but could be brought back, hidden in most operations
- All a combination of the two.
Why is Delete State Important?
It would be logical to run a query to check that all your Requirements are linked to System Requirements. Therefore, setting a query to return Requirements ‘Not Linked’ to System Requirements that are of a Normal Delete State would give you the required list.
On the other hand, before permanently deleting a batch of items, you may want to check that they are not linked to Recoverable items first. In that way you can ensure those items linked items are deleted too.
Since the state of both the primary item and the linked items can be set this gives all query combinations for an item’s deleted status.