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Enable rich text formatting in work item comments/discussion

While the rich text capability in HTML fields and work item description have been enhanced, the Comments/Discussion do not have the same capabilities. Additional rich text is needed for Comments to allow clearer communication within work items.
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

The right panel in the Query view of EWM web client is sometimes hidden, and the button to deploy it is not visible.

Today I faced an issue with a user who couldn't see his queries. In fact the right panel was hidden.To reproduce this issue :- I opened the "shared queries" page in EWM web client in full screen using a big screen (24 in.) and moved the panel sepa...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Idea here is to increase the limit/increase the number of the results from global searches.

In the RTC project area, when performing a keyword search using the search bar, only the first 100 results are displayed, even though the system indicates that there are a total of 756 matching items. The objective is to explore whether it's possi...
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Contributor search result for workitem's Owned by attribute should be restricted to those who belong to the project area

In EWM version 7.0.2,when I search contributors for Owned by attribute using the traditional search function, search result includes users who do not belong to the project area. So I can choose those users. This is not good for security because EW...
about 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Not under consideration

EWM comments are not editable ,the need is to make it editable

EWM comments are not editable ,the need is to make it editable Any changes in the comments cannot be done, but the user have to add a new comment
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 4 Future consideration

When clicking on attachments to preview images of work items, the pop-up window cannot automatically adapt to the size of the image

When clicking on attachments to preview images of work items, the pop-up window cannot automatically adapt to the size of the image to display the complete content of the image. Generally, it is necessary to scroll the scrollbar of the pop-up wind...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Not under consideration

[EWM]: Customization on Work Item Editor for web - Hide and/or Collapse Section in function of workflow state

Context: Our 4000 users are using EWM to manage their task, defect, evolution with the work items. Today, our current work item customization is too complex. We have done human factor analysis to simplify our work item editors but we cannot custom...
5 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

Advanced logging of Work Item and Work Item Attachments accessed by users of the system

The GE Aerospace team has been required by the UK Government to provide individual access proof of Work Items in the Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) application. This is a Compliance requirement to be able to demonstrate that exports of info...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration

PTW Duplication option is only populating few fields only from the Original record

PTW Duplication option is populating few fields only from the Original record. Below fields to consider for copying on duplication: Basic Information: Description: PLUSGPERMITWORK.DESCRIPTION Work Scope: PLUSGPERMITWORK.DETAILS_LONGDESCRIPTION Loc...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Oil & Gas / HSE 2 Planned for future release

Code Review status dependency on Work Item status

Why is it useful? Effective EWM v7.x: Ø the Code Review Tool doesn’t leverage the work item’s lifecycle status or its approval mechanism like it did with the older RTC v6.x. Ø the Code Review Tool has its own in-built independent approval mechanis...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 1 Future consideration