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Status Future consideration
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 25, 2022

Please display artifacts in module "Reviews" and "Collections" columns

Many customers operate with modules and therefore use the module view very frequently. They would like to see artifacts under review displayed in the module "Reviews" column. And they would like to see related collections displayed in the module "Collections" column.

<For Example>

1. Create a review and add a due date, participant and individual artifacts that are included in a module (do not add the module).

2. Click Start Review to start the review.

3. Display the module which includes the artifacts and add the "Reviews" column. Note that no information is displayed.

4. Go to the project area folders view, click All and add the "Reviews" column to the view. Note that the artifacts under review have a link to the review they belong to.

The defect for adding artifacts in review to the "Reviews" column of modules has been closed as Won't Fix, but the defect for displaying collections via the "Collections" column in modules has been implemented.

This is the defect that was closed as Won't Fix.

Reviews column doesn't populate values for the artifacts inside a module https://jazz.net/jazz03/web/projects/Requirements%20Management#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=103818

As the module only shows the "module facts" it was decided not to show the base artifacts in the module "Reviews" column.

"The reason why the reviews and collections are not being shown is because you are looking at "module facts", which are not the real base artifacts that are actually in the reviews and collections."

There is a comment which suggests that this feature would be fixed in an upcoming update to modules, but actually, the update did not include this. "Once modules are "fixed", as per the big upcoming update to modules, the behavior for these columns in a module will automatically get "fixed" as well."

Furthermore, the display of collections in modules was implemented due to customer request. "If there should be only shown "module facts" within a module, why are we able to add the 'Collections' column within a module? As I know, Collections can not be embedded within a module artifact? So there are two possible solutions. First, show the references of the according base artifacts to collections within the column, or second, remove the possibility to add the 'Collections' column within a module. The first solution would be the preferred one, because if you work on a module, you want to see if the requirement is part of a collection which is linked to a test plan, for example."

The 'Collections' column does not populate with information when added inside the module view instead of the artifact/module grid https://jazz.net/jazz03/web/projects/Requirements%20Management#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=103797

So at the moment, the "Collections" column will display the base artifact of collections, but the "Reviews" column does not display any artifacts under review.

Please allow both of these columns to display content when added to modules using base artifacts. But if only one or the other should display content, please remove from the view the other column (as a candidate), so that customers are not confused why there is no content displayed.

Idea priority High
Needed By Quarter