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Crosscheck/clarify how attachments are referenced in ETM artefacts

Currently the attachment referencing is done based on the naming of the attachment and not via the combination name + ID. In case an attachment is removed from the test artefact (e.g. test case) it is not possible to identify in the history of the...
4 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

need "select all items on all pages" in ETM UIs to associate exiting artifacts with parent

ETM provides a UI to associate exiting artifacts with a parent artifact. For example, from a test script there is Parent Test Cases panel with "Associate with Existing Test Case" In that UI test cases are listed in pages of 15. To select all, a us...
4 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

Disable button for merge configuration for selectable user groups

In merge configuration the user can accidently merge all testcases (button currently visible) instead of merge selected testcases (button currently invisible). To avoid this misuse, the button should be disabled for selectable user groups.
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

Support Decimal Attributes in ETM

Compared with EWM, ETM has a very limited list of attribute types available for creating custom attributes. We would like these to be equivalent, but most specifically would like the ability to track decimal values in a TCER as a custom attribute.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Future consideration

As a user I would like to be able to Merge Streams that has locked artifacts by being prompted to override the lock

If you try to merge a Stream that has locked artifacts, the merge will fail because the locked items cannot be updated. The solution to that is to unlock the artifact and redo the merge. But if you have several different artifacts that are locked,...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Future consideration

find/replace for ETM test artifact titles

We have been able to use the ETM Excel Import Utility to change the title of test cases from a csv list view export of test cases. That requires minimal work in a config file to ensure all category, attribute values are defined, test script links ...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

Enable change sets in ETM to group changes as in DOORS

It would be very useful to replicate the DNG functionality of change sets in the ETM application in order to: - Allow the association of several changes and a unique deliver of them. - Associate the change set to a Change Request work item allocat...
over 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

Update Pre-Condition and Follow up Actions in ETM to allow Auto Archiving of Rejected Reviews

Quality Teams have been implementing the usage of Preconditions and Follow Up actions and have been using the "Archive approval groups after a state group transition" Follow-up action. This Follow Up action does archive "Rejected" approval groups,...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Future consideration

Enable possibilities to assign custom specific Categories and Attributes to specific roles

Current behavior: ETM does not provide the possibilities to assign custom categories or attributes to specific process roles. Requested behavior: ETM shall provide a mechanism to assign custom categories or attributes to specific process roles. Wi...
10 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration

Enable possibilities to assign Categories and Attributes to specific item sections

Current behavior: ETM does not provide the possibilities to assign custom categories or attributes to specific sections. E.g. for the item Test Case all Categories and Attributes are combined in the Summary section as a flat list. Requested behavi...
10 months ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Future consideration