ALM and QC Enterprise 12.01

ALM and QC Enterprise 12.01

Updates to the Web Client

The following new features and enhancements were introduced to the Web Client:

Author mode 
Improved functionality when authoring multiple requirements as part of a single document now lets you:

• Add or delete requirements from within the document view.
• Choose between using the ALM/QC Enterprise Desktop Client Rich Text tab or the Description field as the body of each requirement in the document.
• Now includes the ability to export requirements to HTML, PDF and Word formats.

Defects module 
Grid data can now be exported to HTML, PDF and Word formats.

Traceability
New features provide more comprehensive traceability capabilities:

• Grid views are available for drilling-down to specific traceability links. In these views you can filter items and select the fields to be displayed.
• When viewing traceability for requirements, you can choose to include child requirements. You can also include both direct and indirect links when viewing defects linked to a requirement.
• You can now search requirements by description name and then link them, rather than just linking them by ID.

Customization
Forms 
Improvements to the form designer and to form rendering make it easier to create forms:

• Drag and drop fields to reorder them while designing a form.
• A read-only system default form is now available. You can duplicate this form to create your own forms. You can also always revert to the system default form if necessary.
• The Web Client can now optimize space by determining how many fields fit on one line in a form.

Business rules 
Additional functionality provides the administrator with more capabilities for enforcing organization policies and for dictating workflow. Key new business rules features include:

• Filtering the list of rules in the grid by entering text. Only rules whose action, condition, or remark match the text are listed.
• Creating rules without a condition, which will be evaluated unconditionally.
• You can base your rule condition on the values of fields that refer to other modules, such as a Target Release or Target Cycle from the Releases module.
• Defining rules that:
  • Select different lookup lists for both user-defined and system fields.
  • Limit field lookup list values to a subset of those values.
  • Send emails when an entity is created, deleted, or modified.
  • Set field values when an entity is created or a field is modified.

General 
General enhancements added to customization include:

• A new Edit & Lock feature that enables one administrator to have exclusive access to customization, while others can view existing settings.
• Staging and production. You can now define your business rules and forms in a project set up for staging, and when ready, export the business rules to the project in production.

Additional functionality and usability enhancements
New features and usability improvements provide an enhanced user experience:

• A preview pane is now available for more convenient viewing and editing of entity details in grid views.
• You can define and load preset value templates for automatic completion of field values, saving time when adding entities.
• When using filters and categorization, the new Hierarchy with children view displays the parent-child path leading to the matching requirements, as well as the children of the matching requirements. This gives you a better overall perspective of your requirements.
• You can modify the location of a requirement in the hierarchy by changing its associated parent requirement.
• Requirements can now be added in Flat view when the hierarchy is not displayed, by assigning a parent requirement.
• Attachments can now be added when adding a new entity, without having to first save the entity.
• You can now cut, copy, paste, and delete requirements in the Details view.
• Improvements to memo fields let you paste images directly into memo fields, and make use of native browser spell-check functionality.

Administration updates

The following parameters were added in the Site Configuration tab:

• ALLOW_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE
• ALLOW_WEBUI_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE
• REQUIREMENT_AUTHOR_USE_RICHTEXT

ALM Help

The ALM Installation and Upgrade Guide has been split into two new guides, one for Windows users and one for Linux users. By customizing these guides, we present users with the information that is relevant to their environment.

ALM Advisor

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Supported Environments

For the supported and recommended system configurations for your server and client machine, refer to HP Software Support Online.

Integrations Matrix

ALM and QC Enterprise offer integration and synchronization solutions with HP and third-party tools. To integrate with other tools, you may need to install an add-in. Refer to the Integrations Matrix to verify that you are using a supported version of the tool.