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Ability to dynamically change the Editor presentation layout/display on selection of any custom field

Similar to the existing behavior of the tool, where on the event of the work item type change on any work item form, loads the editor presentation associated with the new selection. I would like to have a functionality to achieve a similar behavio...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 2 Not under consideration

Ability to disable auto-subscription to work items for creator

Today, the creator of work items is automatically subscribed to work items he/she creates. Because some individuals create a lot of work items, they end up receiving a lot of notifications and must manually remove the subscription to these work it...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Picker dialog not shown in Eclipse for Git Match Query Precondition

The Require Match Query precondition is supposed to present a picker that allows you to choose a query. However, it appears that for the Git Push Operation this picker was only implemented for the web client and not the Eclipse client. Until the w...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Turn off auto-allocation

Consider turning off auto-allocation as an option. In this model, the allocation would have to be manually set and no "tentative" auto allocation would occur.
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 2 Not under consideration

Email all people listed in Approval/Review of a Problem Report Closing Tab

There are instances when an Approval/Review/Verification are opened against a Work Item, specifically on a work item called a Problem Report where reminders or notifications need to be sent to everyone who is identified on the Approval/Review. If ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Want a field in the work item that displays the date when the work item moves to in progress

We have programs where work items sit in the new state for long periods of time. We want to easily view on the work item when the item actually moved to the in-progress state. The need for this is for some programs to do an export of work items an...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 4 Not under consideration

Required Approvals Precondition to include Resolution of WI

Hello Team, Currently we can configure the "Required Approvals" precondition based on the State of the Work Item (Eg: Closed) and not based on the Resolution (Eg: Solved/Invalid/Duplicate). For example, in scenarios where users want to check for A...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Value Sets - Filed Against and Planned for as dependent attributes

Currently Filed Against and Planned For are not available as attribute choices as the dependent attribute in a value set.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 2 Not under consideration

Establish a field like the discussion field also for other elements like review comments

The discussion field is used to document user entries with a specific time stamp. This functionality is also helpful for other use cases, e.g. to store review findings or something else. But unfortunately the discussion field can only be used once...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 2 Future consideration

Query to retrieve work items where a specific user is not added as approver

We try to get all the work items where a particular user is not added as Approver by creating a query with the conditions as attached. The query has below AND conditions : Status is xxxType is workitemtypeApprovals>Approver>Email> doesnot...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration