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IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next

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Display PNG preview from ReqIf files if original format is not supported natively (e. g. rtp)

After import of a reqif file coming from our customer all graphics are imported as wrapped ressources, but the GUI was unable to open the files. Finally we were able to import the specification using png graphics by removing the ole references fro...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

DOORS Next doesn't have easily found documentation from the IBM list of products page.

It's incredibly difficult to find the documentation for DOORS Next for the average user. You have to go through ELM to find it. We've been told, after several name changes that Rational DOORS Next Generation (RDNG & DNG) would now be called, "...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Documentation 1 Future consideration

DNG Links explorer & reports doesn't handle Base -v- module links the same way

DNG is very confusing when you have mixed base and module links between artifacts. The link explorer becomes misleading when you have base links to artifacts.
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration

Excel Re-Import via ForeignID

Currently, when performing an Excel Reimport, the DNG ID is used to identify same objects.This causes problems when exporting from a different tool and reimporting into Jazz.Usage of a global unique identifier would be preferrable, like it's done ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration

"edit attributes from view" needs the enhanced editing of enumerated attributes that differ

When using the "edit attributes from view" function that is found within the context menu of each view you create, it should have the same editing capabilities as when editing differing values of enumerated attributes from hand-selected artifacts ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Text copied from Word shows in different fonts which cannot be checked

It looks like in 6.0.6.1, the font, size act better, but I am curious about one misleading thing.ᅠ If the text is mixed font/size, it seems like when it is selected such that more than one font or size is selected, it shows the setting of the firs...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration

Maintaining ID uniqueness across multiple RM module (single JTS)

Our team uses DNG to manage Requirements throughout the project lifecycle. Our portfolio of projects are growing and now considering up scaling the architecture for multiple RM modules. However advice from IBM support suggests artefact IDs uniquen...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration

Views derived from a master view

A created view is required on all/most of the components in the area. instead of creating the view in all components we like the function that a view can be used from a master.In case the view is not required or needs specific adaption in a compon...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 4 Not under consideration

Unique Management of Resource ID on Artifacts Previously Removed from Module

Presently, in a configuration managed ERM project area when a user removes an artifact from a module and then later adds the same artifact (same ID) to the same module, a new resource ID is created within the module.This is a problem when multiple...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

Compare Configuration with XL export

Compare Configuration provides the needed input and output desired but navigating the differences in the GUI is not practical when many changes exist. Next is to report out the results and perform search. However Word and PDF are simply not the pr...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration