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The "Select a Stream or Repository Workspace" dialog should have a pre-filled search text and a default result list

The "Select Stream or Repository Workspace" dialog could be improved to help accelerate developers' workflow. When changing the Flow Target or comparing Stream/Repository Workspace, it currently displays an empty text input and an empty list (if t...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 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

Allow to change the Graph on EWM Plans.

We’d like to propose a change to the EWM Plan graphs to help streamline and improve the tracking of Work Items. The goal is to make it easier to view key information directly within the Plan, rather than navigating to another tab to generate graph...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

When accepting the update, you can choose whether the modification time of the file is the current time or the time of the repository.

In the pending change view, accept updates. The modification time of the files in the sandbox is the current time, not the repository time. for example: 1,developer zhangsan modified 1.txt and deliver to EWM at 2025.3.17 10:00,developer lisi load ...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Not under 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

Please add shortcut keys to the Engineering Workflow Management Shell

We make use of shortcut keys in the Web UI and in Eclipse, but we cannot find any for the Shell client. Engineering Workflow Management keyboard shortcuts https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/elm/7.0.3?topic=reference-engineering-workflow-management-keyboa...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Code review workflow must be consistent across code review cycles.

Currently the Code Review cycles are not consistent. The 1st Code Review cycle and subsequent Code Review cycles steps are ambiguous, the IBM documentation is also inaccurate as per skills Case xx4370. End users have to log into multiple interface...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 1 Future consideration

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

[P1-NG] Import from csv file : we must be able to edit every type of attributes available in EWM

Context : Today, in our company, we are using csv file to bulk update or bulk create artefacts for many reason such as : Migration from other tools, Exchange of data between server or other company, Migration of data following a data model change....
6 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items 4 Not under consideration

add Properties view back in menu of component and baseline to see the UUID of artifact

Before v7.0.2 we were able to view "properties" of a component or a baseline in EWM to see the UUID. Why it has been deleted in 7.0.2? This is usefull for users in Eclipse client.
about 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control 3 Future consideration