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Add capability to reuse artifacts from different Project Areas and Components

Currently it is possible to re-use Artifacts within the same Component only. This is very restrictive and leads to unnecessary copying of Artifacts. It is a big problem Global configuration is in full use, and setup includes a lot of Project areas...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Restrict DNX to allow only In_Module Links

Current behavior: DNX allows creation of both base links (directly to a base artifact) an in module links (artifacts inside a module). In Continental we want to work mainly in modules and all links should be in module links, except the attachments...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Add "Primary Text" to Format Link Display Column

Need to see the linked requirements actual requirements text, not just the name of the requirement in views. It is possible to click on every requirement, but it takes a lot of time. Make it possible to select how to display linked requirements. S...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Show progress bar for data import or export

If it takes longer (e.g. import or change a lot of attribut values)
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

when merging between streams add a button to ignore all dependencies instead of having to select each one independently

When you are adding a new requirement to a stream and deliver it to another stream there could be many dependent change sets sometimes I have seen up ward of 40 dependencies. Today I have to check the ignore box 40 times paging through several pag...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

"Create Link" Window - Improvement Request

For improved handling of "Create Link" window there are following requests to IBM- create link window can not be resized, longer requirements texts are not readable because it is not possible to change the size of the pop up window- In "select art...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Progress needs to be seen on Excel/CSV exports

Progress bar needs to be seen on Excel/CSV exports.Currently, no progress to be seen, if CSV fails or does not complete, we are none the wiser.Basic Usability topic. Request: Progress bar
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Add Merge attributes functionality to Change Set delivery and and Edit Attributes from View

When delivering Change Set, it is possible to merge Content of Artifacts so that user can select if CS keeps Source or Target or can merge from both. With attributes there is no such feature, it either keeps Target or Source. Especially this is is...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Project option: "No text font" all requirements will be written as plain text.

Having this option on, will make all printouts look so much better, no jumping fonts, due to copy paste from different sources. Today it takes a lot of effort to check all text so they are "plain" and will get the desired font of the report. Now t...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Future consideration

Resizing of inserted artifacts in order to see better the added information

When we are working with requirements, if we insert artifact 1 within artifact 2, artifact 1 is very small and it is hard to see the details (see Inserted artifact.png). If there could be any way to resize the inserted artifact 1 (image, diagram f...
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration