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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...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Future consideration

Require Users who completed review to re-review if changes were made

When there is a change in a review and a user has already completed the review, the system doesn't force that user to go back and review again.
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under 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, "...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Documentation 1 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

Remove Project area Name from URL Links

Remove Project area Name from URL Links
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Not under consideration

Locking Links on DNG RM

We'd like to be able to lock links for edits depending on state of the artifacts. Currently, link validity doesn't provide a benefit as any minor change can trigger it, so we will be using permissions on who can modify or delete links, but this st...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Not under consideration

Disable automatic alignment on tables when importing a word document to RDNG

When importing a word document containing a table, to a module, RDNG seems to automatically add an extra empty cell that's not in the original document. The following warning is displayed: "CRRRS6412W Table {0} has an outer border that is not perf...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Not under consideration

Stream Change Sets view should have columns such as date delivered, associated Work Item(s) along with Action, Name and creat

Case number TS002053995 Stream Change Sets view should have columns such as date delivered, associated Work Item(s) along with Action, Name and created by
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration

Flag changed resources in changeset in GUI

In DNG, the only current possible way to visualize all changed artifacts under a changeset, is by opening the changeset and going to the "changed resources" tab, this is not easy to visualize and even less to run comparisons or for formal reviews.
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 0 Not under consideration

Copy/clone requirements between separate instances

Case number TS002023717 Related to ReqIF, we faced many issues related to duplicate artifacts ​types and need to manual map the URI for attribute and attribute data type, if there is change in schemas/template between project areas. Refer to case ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Feature 3 Not under consideration