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This is NOT about custom view settings!!! ERM's non-customizable Default View Should Accommodate 7 digits for the ID column

This is NOT about custom view settings!!! ERM's non-customizable Default View Should Accommodate 7 digits for the ID column. Our artifact IDs have reached 7 digits. The default Module view is not editable, you cannot change the width of columns, a...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration

DNG reviews Rest API namespace - needs to include artifact comment creation date and parent/child relationship

When generating a report the comments are in the wrong order (that is also the case with the provided review report). We cannot use the provided date, because that is the latest modified date and not the creation date. That cause, in some cases, t...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Provide the capability "Duplicate and Replace" for embedded artifacts.

When requirement artifacts with embedded artifacts are duplicated (e.g. duplicate a module with option "duplicate all artifacts"), there is no way to duplicate also the embedded artifact. What we want is a functionality similar to the function "Co...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Allow adding modules to modules

Allow adding modules to modules.Use Case: Creation of a Super Document consisting of different other subdocuments. These subdocuments are located in different folders and belong to different teams and therefore have different access permissions.In...
8 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Show all Workflow States in same Column

Request: Show all Workflow States in same Column.Currently in Item or Module view, every workflow is shown in a different attribute / column.Artifact State is shown in different columns in module: For every workflow, there is an own column in DNG ...
8 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

DNG default filtering on Primary Contents Attribute

DNG's default filtering mechanism does not allow filtering on the Primary Contents attribute. Currently this is only achievable by filtering on the Name, but that attribute is smaller than the Primary Content attribute, and some programs (like ACE...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration

DNG Reviews shall better support the review of several chapters within a Module

We want to do a review of several chapters in a module. Use Case: This happens, for example, if the review shall only include a specific functionality, which is described in one or more chapters within a module. To select any single artefact in th...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

GC link enhancement for compare configuration GUI

When linking between artifacts in different components using a global configuration, the compare configuration GUI currently says "The target of the link is not in the configuration". However, as of version 7.0.2 some of the behavior around links ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Searching / Filtering for Artifact Comment information

The comments field for artifacts is used to document any comments, discussions, review comments for an artifact. This is shown in the corresponding Comment when the artefact is selected.However it´s best practice in requirements engineering that i...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Allow customised export of ReqIF that includes artifacts linked from a module according to attribute value

This is useful for ReqIF practitioners who often have requirement to create ReqIF definitions of specific content. We receive many cases about ways to export ReqIF. In DOORS Classic it is possible to use DXL to dynamically update ReqIF definition,...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration