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Global Configuration Management

Improve Global Configuration History Graph Usability with Filtering and Detailed Configuration Views

Context: Large production projects generate a high volume of Global Configuration changes. The History Graph quickly becomes crowded and difficult to use. Problem: The History Graph is not filterable, making it hard to analyze configuration evolut...
about 1 month ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Future consideration

Visibility of EWM Release Information (used in Found In / Planned For) in Global Configuration Streams

Context: After traceability links (Implemented by, Affected by and Tracked by) are created between an EWM work item and engineering artifacts, navigation from a work item opens the artifact (requirement, test artefact etc) within the appropriate G...
about 1 month ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Future consideration

Ability to compare the changes of an individual stream with the Initial/Master Stream

We are following the parallel stream strategy with the introduction of GCM. The Alpha stream is the main stream which will branch out to create Feature/Defect individual streams. We follow the monthly sprint process, however there are instances th...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Not under consideration

GC REST API to list in which global configurations is used a local configuration

In on gadget we use the "gc/gc.webui.findUse" request. This request give the list of global configurations that contain a given local configuration. Example : https://elm702/gc/gc.webui.findUse?uri=https://elm702/rm/cm/baseline/2F_5JlNEC0REe62aK8r...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Not under consideration

Where used option should be available for a local configuration

The WhereUsed function should be available on a LC to quickly determine in which GC contexts this lC is used.

Attributes on local components and streams

Attributes on local components and streams requested.
about 7 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Future consideration

Switching GC context in Doors Next Project area

When switching the global configuration context in dng, the user is shown a dialog with all possible gc streams he has access to. It is only possible to switch to those streams that the currently open dng stream had been added to. From a users per...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Not under consideration

Indirectly adding configurations of the same component to the same Global Configuration

Updated Request: Use Case Reuse of Components in Large Systems: We create Global Configurations representing reusable Software components (e.g., Diagnostics). These Software components are reused in different versions and variants in different pro...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Not under consideration

Global Configuration Display to Show Description of Local Component

Local Component Description should be displayed in the sidebar in GCM Details and screenshots attached
about 6 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management Future consideration

GCM historical baselines

Creation of historical baselines are available for a local DOORS NG stream in version 7.1.0 SR1, not for entire Global Configuration hierarchy from GCM WebUI.Business users would like to have this feature implemented there, too.