Work Item Section: Traceability Tab

OVERVIEW

Traceability allows for managing relations between work items across Projects (Traceability).

The user can add new relations by clicking the Add button on the top tab bar, or by using the Trace or Trace & Exit buttons.

TRACEABILITY TAB

Action column – Change Relations Direction, Delete Relation, Update Relation Comment

Direction – Green means the selected item is the source. Red means the selected item is the target

Project –  Related Item Project Name

Link – Link Type Name selected during Add Traceability

Key – Related Item Key. If the item is located in a tree – the user can locate the item on the tree. In any case, clicking on the item key hyperlink will open the item in view mode

Name – Related Item Name. Number in () denotes the Revision no.# at which the trace is added. For E.g. if the traceability between the source and target is added and recorded in history at #7 then in the Name it will show (6).

Updated Date – Last Updated Date of the Related Item

Status – Related Item Status

Comment – Comment text added during Add Traceability

Locked Indication – Related Item Project Version Status

Note: Some Related items (links can be presented in a grey color, it means that these items belong to other views)

Users can choose the option to list the Links related to the current Project or all by checking/unchecking the checkbox ” Show only links from current view

 

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