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IBM Engineering - Test Management

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Remove the default Type=Machine when creating new Lab Resource

We need to create "composite" test environments i.e. Test environments consisting of groups of test environment types. The only way to do that today is to create a "Lab Resource". When we add a new Lab resource, it defaults to the "Type" and we ne...
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

In the Execution Console, make the view precise perhaps make the test steps collapsible

Test execution console - collapse the test steps to look at next steps.
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Show ALL Actual Status Results (Passed, Failed, etc.) during executing a manual test script in the Execution Console

On the execution console, the user has to click a drop down to select results other than Pass/Fail/Inconclusive when there is ample room on that row to accommodate all the results and save user a click.
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

RQM Excel Importer to update Tested By field

Currently there is no way to use the RQM Excel Importer to update the Tested By field. The user uploading test results will not always be the tester.
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Unassigned 1 Not under consideration

Cannot run test script without test case

A basic but overlooked requirement when testing scripts, is the ability to run a script (e.g. from the test script page) WITHOUT an association to a test case . One of our user is doing a building block approach to testing. The first step is to bu...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Automattic Defect Creation

As per the Process if a user is running a test case and the Testcase is failing, automatically a Defect should create(CR) and associated instead of creating link manually. Where user should have provision of modifying when the action should get tr...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Mask user credentials in RQM execution variables

Rational Quality Manager is used to kick off automated tests. For security reasons we need the ability to mask/hide variable values, such as username and password. This can be from the arguments within an automated test script or from the executio...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 0 Not under consideration

RQM Excel Importer - usage of the clipboard

During RQM Excel import using the IBM utility, we cannot do any copy / paste during processing (for example in Word). The content of the clipboard is already used during the processing by the utility, so we cannot use it for something else. Moreov...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Unassigned 1 Not under consideration

RQM test plan: Capability of "Requirement Collection Links" not available to connect to Rhapsody model manager (Reconsile)

Within the section "Requirement Collection Links" it is possible to assign a view on the requirements to take these requirements in the scope of the test plan (Reconsile). A couple of features are applicable based on this selection. The same capab...
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

Make test environment selection mandatory on a Test Plan

Need test environment selection on a Test Plan in RQM to be mandatory instead of Optional with the Option of N/A in the event such a selection is Not Applicable to an user
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Test Management / Usability 3 Not under consideration