Operations common to Planned and Unplanned Requirements
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- Select Requirement
- A requirement can be selected by clicking on first column of the requirement.
- Multi-select is provided and works for many operations.
- Create Requirement: A new requirement can be created by either
- clicking on the table row under the "Requirement" column labeled "< Enter new requirement >".
- selecting context menu item ("Add Requirement above" or "Add Requirement below").
- selecting a requirement and choosing add option ("Add Requirement above" or "Add Requirement below") from the menu bar.
- Edit Requirement:
- A requirement can be edited simply by clicking on it OR by clicking its ID.
- Please note that some fields of a parent requirement are non-editable and a committed requirement cannot be edited.
- Delete Requirement:
- A requirement can be deleted by clicking on context menu item "Delete Requirement".
- Caution! if a parent requirement is deleted, then all of its children will also be deleted.
- Paste Requirement:
- A requirement can be cut from the unplanned requirements table and then pasted into the planned requirements table either:
- by selecting context menu item "Paste Requirement above" or "Paste requirement below".
- or by selecting a requirement from planned requirements table and then choosing "Paste Requirement above" or "Paste Requirement below" from the menu bar in planned requirements table.
- A requirement can be cut from the unplanned requirements table and then pasted into the planned requirements table either:
- Move:
- A Requirement can be moved, just by typing the Requirement-Id in the target row.
- Move Requirement from Unplanned to Planned:
- A requirement can be moved from "Unplanned Requirements" table to "Planned Requirements" table by selecting requirement and right clicking on it. After right click, a menu appears and requirement can be moved to planned table by selecting "Move to Planned Requirements".
- Filters:
- Requirements can be filtered on various attributes like "Release ID", "Priority", "Criticality", "Feasibility", "Status" etc.
- Filter selection performs an OR operation within a given column and performs AND operation across columns.
- User can reset the filter to default state by using Reset Filter
- Named Filters
- Named Filters can be created and used, as described in Named Filters.
- Refresh
- A Refresh button is provided to reload the table.
- Search :
- User can search for requirement Id's and text within the description field using the search box provided.
- Reset Filter clears the search field as well.
- Specifying source of requirement
- Source of requirement can be specified in detailed requirement view.
- Refer following link for details Specifying - Source of a Requirement
- Import Requirements:
- User can initiate the import process by clicking on the "CSV Import" button in the any of the Requirements Tables.
- A generic description of the functionality can be found at Generic CSV Import Function.
- Export Requirements:
- Requirements can be exported to PDF format by clicking icons shown on top right corner.
- Planned Requirements can also be exported in CSV format.
- Partial set of requirements can be exported by selecting a set of requirements (through the check box) an then selecting either PDF or CSV export.
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- Indent Requirement: A requirement can be indented in the following two ways:
- First select a requirement and then click on indent button to indent it.
- By selecting context menu item "Indent Requirement".
- Outdent Requirement: A requirement can be outdented in the following two ways:
- First select a requirement and then click on outdent button to outdent it.
- By selecting context menu item "Outdent Requirement".
- Multi-select Options
- When user clicks on parent/container, option is provided to select only parent, only children or both parent as well as children.
- Multi-select & Bulk Operations
- RMsis provides a mechanism to do a bulk update of Attributes for multiple requirements.
- To achieve this, select all the requirements, whose attribute is to be modified.
- Choose Bulk Operation from the Manage Requirements drop-down.
- A dialog box will appear.
- Select the attribute and value and Submit.
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- Baseline Actions:
- Accessed through Version/Baseline Actions dropdown
- Mark for Baseline: All selected requirements can be marked for baseline by selecting "Mark for Baseline" option.
- UnMark: All selected and marked requirements can be unmarked by selecting "UnMark" option.
- Create Baseline:
- All marked and selected requirements can be baselined by selecting "Create Baseline" option.
- System will prompt for and save the Baseline Name & Description.
- Details of implementation are available at Details of Requirements Baselining, Change and Audit
- Version Actions:
- Accessed through Version/Baseline Actions dropdown
- Create Version: A new version of the requirement is created. The selected requirement(s) must be committed to perform this operation.
- Commit Version: The present state of requirement is saved.
- Details of implementation are available at Requirement Versions, Baseline and History
- View Versions:This dropdown provides multiple options for viewing various versions of requirements.
- Latest View shows the latest version of all requirements.
- All Versions
- All saved Baselines.
- Expand Requirement:
- A parent requirement can be expanded by clicking on expand button associated with the requirement text but if you want to expand all requirements, then click on "Expand All" button.
- Collapse Requirement:
- A parent requirement can be collapsed by clicking on collapse button associated with the requirement text but if you want to collapse all requirements, then click on "Collapse All" button.
- Export Requirements to another Project
- Select the requirements you wish to export and select "Export to Another Project".
- Select the target project from the panel which appears (shown below)
- Refer this link for more details.
- Create Duplicate
- This option creates a duplicate of the selected Requirements at the end of Planned Table.
- In this case, the Dependencies and Links to other artifacts are not copied.
- Create JIRA Issues
- There are many situations, where the users wish to create a JIRA Issue in order to implement the Requirement.
- This functionality can be used to automatically create large number of tasks against a chosen set of Requirements, say a Baseline.
- An elaborate description of this functionality can be found at http://docs.optimizory.com/display/rmsis0170/Exporting+Requirements+as+JIRA+Issues
- Create Blank Test Cases
- Users can automatically generate a set of Test Cases against the selected Requirements.
- An elaborate description of this functionality can be found at Generating set of Test Cases against Requirements.
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