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The document view

Read your requirements as a numbered business requirements specification, switch how fields are laid out, and print it or take it into Word.

Updated 19 October 2026

Who this is for: business analysts.

The Document view shows the project's requirements as a business requirements specification. It is built from the same requirements as every other view, so it is always up to date. There is nothing to copy across.

Read the document

  1. Open your project and choose Requirements in the left navigation.
  2. Choose Document at the top of the page.
  3. Use Contents on the left to jump to a numbered section.
  4. Choose Labels inline to show each requirement's fields as one labelled line, or Table to show them as a small table.
  5. Click any requirement to open it and edit it.
The Document view showing the Business Requirements Specification heading, the Contents list on the left, and the first numbered sections.
Fictional demonstration project. All names and details are invented and do not represent any real organisation, including any that shares a name with it.

Print it or take it into Word

  1. In the Document view, choose Print to print it, or to save it as a PDF from your browser.
  2. Or open Export Word ▾ and choose Export Word to download a Word file straight away. Nothing is stored.
  3. To keep a numbered, signed version in the project, choose Generate on server instead.

What is in the document

At the top you see the project name, Business Requirements Specification, and a badge with the version and its state: Draft, Issued or Approved. Each epic and feature becomes a numbered heading. Each requirement shows its ID, title, MoSCoW, status, priority, owner, description, user story, acceptance criteria and your custom fields.

Non-functional, data and integration requirements follow in their own sections.

When it is empty

A new project shows “No requirements yet — the document builds itself as requirements are added.” Add requirements in any view and they appear here.

In Word

The Word file has a cover page, a document control table, a table of contents and page numbers. To refresh the page numbers in the contents, right-click the table in Word and choose Update Field.

Export Word keeps nothing in the project and carries no sign-off. For a version that records who signed what, see The signed BRS.

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