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Status Future consideration
Categories Feature
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 12, 2019

Need a manual merge capability during delivery for string type custom attributes

We're using DNG to manage our requirements, and we're using both the configuration and change management features. We have changes being made concurrently in multiple streams and multiple change sets, and we need to be able to combine the changes together in order to produce a final, merged version of the artifacts.

We encountered an issue where we made changes to the same artifact's string type custom attribute in different streams (and also different change sets within the same stream), and were unable to merge the changes when attempting to deliver the changes. We received a message saying that the changes couldn't be automatically merged and that they would need to be manually merged, but there's not actually a way to do a manual merge on a custom attribute during the deliver (only on the artifact's primary text main content).

This required us to pick one of the two values to complete the delivery, after which we had to create a new change set to re-implement the changes, and then deliver the new change set to the appropriate stream.

It would be very helpful if there was a manual merge capability added for custom attribute conflicts similar to how an artifact's primary text is handled, so that everything could be done during the delivery operation and wouldn't require additional steps to correct things afterwards.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Oct 26, 2022
    As part of the review process, we strive to be transparent about our intentions with each enhancement suggestion. The IBM Engineering team has carefully reviewed this idea, and based on our understanding, it does not fit our near-term plans. Although we are closing this request, it will be kept in IBM's ideas repository. We value your feedback and thank you for allowing us to partner with you in developing our products.
  • Guest
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    Feb 26, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)
    Product - IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (formerly DOORS Next Generation- DNG)
    Component - Feature

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)
    Product - IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (formerly DOORS Next Generation- DNG)
    Component - DNG

  • Guest
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    Oct 2, 2019

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM)
    Product - IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (formerly DOORS Next Generation- DNG)

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Internet of Things
    Product family - Product & application lifecycle management
    Product - IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (formerly DOORS Next Generation- DNG)