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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Engineering - Test Management
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 29, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Allow bulk category updates even if some related subcategories remain unassigned

Hello,

In ETM (Engineering Test Management), when working with hierarchical category and subcategories structures, we sometimes want to apply a bulk update of the main category to a group of artifacts.

However, when trying to do this, ETM blocks the update if any of the subcategory levels are left as "Unassigned", and shows the message:

"You cannot set the category value as Unassigned in the bulk update."

See the attached image for reference.

 

1. Problem

  • This means we cannot apply a partial update — for example, setting one category or subcategory — even though that’s a valid use case for many projects.
  • You can do this in one artifact, but not with the bulk update option
  • This prevents us from organizing large numbers of test artifacts quickly, especially in early phases where not all values are known yet.

2. What I propose

  • Users can assign a parent category value even if subcategories remain unassigned.
  • A warning can be displayed, but the update should still be allowed (perhaps with a checkbox like “Allow partial assignment”).
  • Validation should only enforce this if the category type has a strict dependency rule (currently not configurable).

Thanks!!!

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Idea priority Low
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
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