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KB: Requirements Panel Missing in Altium Designer

Updated: May 08, 2026
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The Requirements panel may not appear under the Panels menu in Altium Designer when the Requirements feature is not fully enabled at both the system and workspace levels. This typically occurs if the EDMS.Requirements advanced setting is disabled or if the Altium 365 Requirements Portal is not activated in the workspace. Because the Requirements feature is currently in Open Beta, both prerequisites must be met for the panel to be visible. When configured correctly, the panel appears even if the active project is not linked to a requirements project, in which case it displays an informational message indicating that the project does not support requirements. Linking projects and placing requirements affect the panel’s content, not its visibility.

Solution Details

Requirements panel missing in interface

The Requirements panel may not appear under the Panels menu in Altium Designer. This behavior can persist even after restarting the application or attempting to access requirements-related functionality, which can make it unclear whether the feature is available or correctly configured.

System or workspace prerequisites not enabled

The Requirements panel depends on two primary prerequisites:

  • The EDMS.Requirements option must be enabled in Advanced Settings.
  • The Altium 365 Requirements Portal must be activated and accessible in the workspace.

If either prerequisite is missing, the panel is hidden. Linking an Altium project to a requirements project and placing requirements are secondary steps required only to populate the panel with data.

Enable requirements features at all levels

  • Enable the EDMS.Requirements advanced setting in Altium Designer.
  • Verify that the Altium 365 Requirements Portal is activated and accessible in the workspace.

Steps to enable and verify panel visibility

  1. In Altium Designer, open Tools » Preferences » System » General » Advanced Settings.
  2. Search for Requirements and enable EDMS.Requirements.

Altium Designer Advanced Settings dialog filtered for requirements, showing EDMS.Requirements Open Beta set to enabled, with a warning that a restart is required for the change to take effect.

  1. Close the Advanced Settings and Preferences dialog, and restart Altium Designer.
  2. In the Altium 365 web interface, verify that the Requirements Portal is activated and accessible.

Altium Requirements Portal web page prompting activation, showing an Activate Portal button and an app menu listing Design Portal, BOM Portal, and Requirements Portal.

  1. Return to Altium Designer and open Panels » Requirements.

Altium Designer Panels menu listing tools such as Explorer, Projects, and Requirements, with the Requirements panel selected.   

Additional Notes

Version information:

  • The EDMS.Requirements advanced setting is available starting from Altium Designer 24.10 as an Open Beta feature.
  • It is recommended to use the latest available version for full functionality and best stability.

Expected behavior:

  • The Requirements panel should be visible even if the project is not linked.
  • In this case, the panel displays the message: “The Project does not support requirements.”

Altium Designer Requirements panel showing message “The project does not support requirements,” indicating requirements management is not enabled for the current project.

Linking an Altium project to a Requirements Portal project is not required to display the panel; it is required only to populate it.

Additional checkpoints for full functionality include:

  • Linking the Altium project to a requirements project
  • Placing requirements in schematic documents
  • Refreshing the project after changes.

References

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