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IBM Engineering - Workflow Management

Allow configurable columns in QuickPlanner table view

Right now the QuickPlanner table view has a static set of columns, some of which may or may not even be valid based on the work item type. We would love to make the display configurable, like with a query view. This would give a flexible and dynam...
2 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Planning Submitted

Immutable Storage Paths for Attachments in Workitems

As the ELM database is not intented to store big workitem attachments, an option is to use an external file storage. The path to the storage can be only defined once. It is also not possible to switch back to the database as a storage location for...
2 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Submitted

Automatically prefill the current Work Item in progress when promoting from the original Stream to reduce unnecessary clicks

When promoting Work Items, users need to select the current Work Item in progress, which results in additional, unnecessary clicks. Automatically prefill the current Work Item during promotion will streamline the workflow, making the process more ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Usability Submitted

Request to document the usage of variable reference syntax `@{var.<index>.<variable_name>}`

EWM supports a variable reference mechanism that allows the pattern: `@{var.<index>.<variable_name>}` Where:- `<index>` - A numeric index (e.g., 1, 2, 3) that identifies which translator in the language definition the variable be...

Split the permission 'Modify project area properties' at the Project Area level

Currently this permission allows to : Make changes to the project area that are not governed by another action. This includes changes to the following: project area name, summary, or description; project area associations; process sharing; and pro...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Administration Not under consideration

Ability to share GCM process template via parent/consumer project area model

Why useful? In EWM , as per below guidelines, you can configure EWM consumer project area to inherit process template from EWM Parent project area. the same capability does not exist in GCM tool set EWM process sharing guidelines help link: https:...

Sorting for Custom Created Attributes

ELM is unable to Sort for Custom Created Attributes. Please look in to feature addition. thank you
23 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Administration Needs more information

Allow to limit the number of items queried and returned by the reportable REST API in order to prevent OOM crashes

Situation Every user can create and use the REST API to get a result set with millions of items.In the browser GUI the query result items are limited and paged, using the REST API it is possible to query everything at once. These queries put a lot...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / API Not under consideration

[P1-NG] Import from csv file : we must be able to import values in attributs type "list of elements"

Following this request : ENGEWM-I-705 >Lets focus on one type of attribute that cause us a lot of trouble (queries issue, allow selection of archived values, import issue) : "list of elements" (or "item list" not sure of translation) . Hoping t...
25 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration

Add autocomplete for @ mentions in a work item

Similar to the autocomplete of @ mentions in QuickPlanner, users woud like the ability to @ mention someone in the Work Item description or comments/discussion and have the option to autocomplete the user inline. This would improve usability and e...
11 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Work Items Future consideration