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Possibility to embed images in description and comments

Embedded images in description and comments would enable to see their contents in their specific textual context without needing to download or preview the contents and thus enhance the user experience.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Please add shortcut keys to the Engineering Workflow Management Shell

We make use of shortcut keys in the Web UI and in Eclipse, but we cannot find any for the Shell client. Engineering Workflow Management keyboard shortcuts https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/elm/7.0.3?topic=reference-engineering-workflow-management-keyboa...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Mouse hover feature to preview document

Support comment: The mouse hover feature did used to work fine in the past for the EWM application (early 6.0.x releases) however, our team felt it was a security issue to have the preview shown for files such as PDFs, Excel and Word docs and as s...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 1 Future consideration

Add ability to export/import query(s)

1. Provide the ability to export/import queries for back up or reuse in another project area.2. Require a confirmation when a user deletes a query from the "My Queries" folder that has been shared.ORProvide some visual cue or property that the que...
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 3 Not under consideration

See directly which user has written in a free text field in EWM

In EWM, it is impossible to see directly which user has written in a free text field in order to know the evolution of the thread.A workaround is to go in historical tab which shows all activities done on a ticket.That is to say that each time it ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

We like to have the ability to add additional states within the Approvals Tab

We would like the ability to add additional states to the Approvals tab.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 5 Not under consideration

Sort order when creating task

Sort order when crating Task, select owned byis uncomfortable
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Cannot query if any work item is set or no workitem is set in work item lists

In queries on the work item list type attribute there are three options. Includes xxx work item. (Containing)Does not include xxx work item. (Not Containing)Does the attribute exist on the work item. (Exists) Unfortunately these options are not ve...
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Allow changing the default list of columns displayed in new queries

When you create a new query it displays the below column list by default.   Type  Id  Summary  Owned By  Status  Priority  Severity  Modified Date This list needs to be edited for every new query, however. Customers are asking for how to control t...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Provide possibility to use sub-queries as conditions in queries

A competitive tool has the possibility to use sub-queries as conditions in queries. This feature is frequently used to structure more complex queries hierarchically. Common sub-queries can be reused in different queries.Currently EWM does not prov...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 1 Future consideration