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Allow the ability to disable mentions links entirely or be able to control built in keywords

Currently mentions links aren't able to be controlled in work items if built-in keywords are used followed by a number. The issue with data migrations, if there were any work items created during migration that had a keyword used along with a numb...
5 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Prevent selection of versioned artifacts from an invalid Global Configuration when linking from EWM

When creating a link from an EWM CCM work item to a versioned artifact, such as a requirement in DOORS Next, users should only be able to select artifacts that are valid within the Global Configuration (GC) context associated with the work item. C...
5 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

A way to disable the option to create work items by copying existing ones.

Problem Description: IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM, formerly RTC) does not provide a native project configuration option to hide or disable the Create Work Item Copy menu action. The customer’s team frequently uses this function when cr...
6 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Not under consideration

Link Type: "Blocks" / "Depends On" needs to mechanically reflect it's name

I was surprised to find out the Link Type: "Blocks/Depends On" doesn't actually block the associated record from closure, despite the Link Type/Name, this goes against process fundamentals of systemic enforcement where possible as it's the best me...
8 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Immutable Storage Paths for Attachments in Workitems

As the ELM database is not intented to store big workitem attachments, an option is to use an external file storage. The path to the storage can be only defined once. It is also not possible to switch back to the database as a storage location for...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Allow users to set "Copied From" link on a work item

We have a user group who uses the "Create Work Item Copy" to spin off a copy of a work item to indicate it needs to be fixed in a different release/version of their code. Occasionally, a user will manually create a spin off work item without using...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Not under consideration

Allow Authors to Edit Their Own Work Item Comments After Saving

Currently, comments added to a work item become immutable once the work item is saved. If the author notices a typo, incorrect version number, broken formatting, or any other mistake, the only option is to add another comment containing the correc...
21 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Request for adding an additional option to the Approvals tab along with the existing approval types

Hi Team, This RFE is regarding the Approvals tab in work item customization. While configuring approvals for a work item, we currently have three options available: Approval, Review, and Verification. We would like to request you to allow admin to...
23 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Not under consideration

[EWM]: Ability to insert source code blocks in HTML fields

Context: EWM users would like to insert source code blocks within HTML fields in order to clearly distinguish regular text from code. This feature is essential for highlighting code excerpts across various types of work items. However, no native f...
5 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Only run custom value providers on user specified dependencies

In setting up a customized value provider with a javascript based solution, you also define a list of dependencies (attributes) on the attribute for which a value is being calculated or validated by the value provider. It was discovered that in on...
about 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

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