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2023

MODERN REQUIREMENTS4DEVOPS 2023

January - 2023

In this update we have added following new features and enhancements.

General

Tool Enhancements

The root work item of a file having ‘read-only’ description field will be non- editable

If the description field is read-only of a root work item of an associated diagram, simulation, and smart note file, then user will not be able to edit the file from MR application and will be prompted with a notification message accordingly.

Able to create link with related link type when ADO restricts on any link type on copy file

When a diagram file in which there are new or existing links are linked with a link type “Child” and then this file is copied in another folder, the respective link will now be created with “Related” link type (since ADO doesn’t allow a work item to have multiple “Parent” link work item), this holds true for any link type that ADO restricts on file copy operation.

This is supported in “Diagram”, “Simulation” and “Use case” modules.

Users can now replace ‘same name’ templates with the same name

Users will be able to replace the template with the same name through the “Save As Template” option on the toolbar in the Reporting, Smart Note and FAQ module. A message shall prompt if user wants to replace the same name template.

Admin Panel

New Features

Static smart document properties in generated reports

Users can now configure to add “System” defined properties for a smart document to be shown in the generated “Word/PDF/PDF as word template” reports through “Smart Report” and save as “Word/PDF” reports from Smart Docs tool bar. Users can add system defined properties through the “Document Define Properties” section in admin panel through the “Add” option in the respective section.
The property name shall be the same as defined in the uploaded word template while generating above mentioned reports.

Tool Enhancements

Read-only fields check for cloning in Smart Docs module

Users can now configure and add any read-only from admin panel in “Disregard Read-only fields when copying/cloning work items from baseline/other places” section. The added read- only fields will be ignored by the system when a Smart Docs file is cloned.

Smart Docs

New Features

Create and view links to new and existing work items from the ‘Links’ tab in the right panel

Users can now configure and add any read-only from admin panel in “Disregard Read-only fields when copying/cloning work items from baseline/other places” section. The added read- only fields will be ignored by the system when a Smart Docs file is cloned.

Add/remove work item field columns in the Smart Docs grid through column options

Users will now be able to add the work item field column(s) in the Smart Docs grid

configured through the right panel “ ” (Column Options) tab in the document tab and will also be able to change the position of the columns on the Smart Docs grid by drag and drop the fields in the right panel tab. By default, three columns are non-editable and no operations (delete, drag and drop) can be performed on it, out of two (ID & Type) columns are with toggle buttons the “ID” column button by default set to “On” and “Type” column button by default is set to “Off”. In addition, the toggle buttons for “ID” and “Type” have been removed from UI and are now included in “Column Options” tab.

Options like ‘Insert’ and ‘Search’ have also been removed from tool bar and are now included in a new dropdown of ‘Right Panel’ with new options like ‘Add Links’ and ‘Column Options’ and existing option like ‘Smart Editor’.

Set the permissions for Smart Docs/Review versions under different group features.

Users are now able to set permissions from “Permissions” tab to “Allow, Deny, Not set” on new group features “Create Version”, “Delete Version”, and “Rollback Version” features of Smart Docs/Review versions, “Open version” is independent of rights management. By default, permissions are set to “Allow” in the “Project Valid Users” group and “Allow (inherited)” permission is inherited in all its child groups. When “Deny/Not set” permissions are set, users will not be able to create, delete and rollback a version and the respective feature buttons are shown disabled.

Static smart document properties in generated reports

Users can now configure to add “System” and “User” defined properties for a smart document to be shown in the generated “Word/PDF/PDF as word template” reports through “Smart Report” and save as “Word/PDF” reports from tool bar. Users can add system defined properties through the “Document Define Properties” section in admin panel and user defined properties through the “Document Properties” option on the tool bar of Smart Docs module.

The property name shall be the same as defined in the uploaded word template while generating above mentioned reports.

Tool Enhancements

Configure default and show properties for root work item

Users will not be able to configure “Default Properties” and “Show Properties” from “Meta Template Designer” on “General Settings” level (root work item). The configured settings will be reflected on the Smart Docs grid and generated Word/PDF reports as well, as it currently works on work item level.

Users restricted from cloning the document when permissions are denied

Users will not be able to clone work items through a Smart Docs file across projects/teams where permissions are denied for the current user from MR “Permissions” tab under ‘Smart Docs’ section and ‘ADO’ permissions. In both cases a notification message is prompted to the user on the clone pop-up when clicking the ‘OK’ button.

Renaming of ‘Save As Template’ feature

‘Save As Template’ feature on tool bar has now been replaced with a tooltip ‘Save As Document Template’.

Enhancement in change work item type functionality

Whenever users change the type of work item(s) and the message displays on Smart Docs grid, the message will now be shown only one time and will not be shown again, every time the same Smart Docs file is opened.

Drag & drop on multiselected work items

Users will now be able to perform ‘drag and drop’ in bulk by multi-selecting the work items on grid and dropping it in the desired hierarchy or position. These multi-selected work items can also be re-ordered if allowed, according to the meta/document/process template configurations.

Enhancements in Smart Editor for body text & numbered list, additional cell background colors, image, and table captions

  1. Body Text: A new style “Body Text” has been added under “Paragraph Style” drop down on the tool bar of Smart Editor. It includes attributes like Font Family: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12 etc. The applied style will be shown in Smart Editor, Smart Docs grid, Smart Report (including generated Word/PDF as Word template reports) and Save as Word/PDF from Smart Docs tool bar as well.
  2. Numbered List:A new list “Numbered List” has been added under “Ordered List” drop down on the tool bar of Smart Editor. It includes numbering like [1], [2], [3] etc. The applied numbering will be shown in Smart Editor, Smart Docs grid, Smart Report (including generated Word/PDF as Word template reports reports) and Save as Word/PDF from Smart Docs tool bar as well.
  3. Cell Background Colors: Users will now be able to apply all the additionally added colors from the color palette of the “Background color” option on the toolbar and the “Cell Background” option in the properties pop-up of table options.
  4. Image caption: As users can currently apply image caption from Smart Editor, now this caption will be shown with image label and numbering in the generated Word/PDF as Word Template reports from Smart Report and Word/PDF from tool bar and users will be able to generate table of figures for it as well.
  5. Table Caption: Users will now be able to apply table captions through the “Table Caption” option provided in the table properties pop-up. The caption will be shown in Smart Editor and Smart Docs grid as well. This caption will be shown with label and numbering in the generated Word/PDF as Word Template reports from Smart Report and Word/PDF from tool bar and users will be able to generate table of table for it as well.

UI Updates on tool bar of Smart Docs

The following UI changes have been applied:

  1. “Save as template” option on toolbar is now replaced with an icon with tooltip “Save As Document Template” on it.
  2. “Review” and “Baseline” options on tool bar have now been replaced with icons with tool tip “Review” and “Baseline” respectively.

Generate a Smart Report for the Smart Docs versions tab in the Smart Docs module.

Users can now generate a Smart Report from the toolbar option in the opened version. This option is provided for both types of versions, versions that are created manually from Smart Docs and the versions of review.

Enhancement for ‘Add Content’ pop-up in the Word Import Ruleset designer.

Users can now see the UI updates in the ‘Add content’ pop-up. The labels of each field are now updated and added information icon next to each field. Users can now select ADO field (Work item type, Work item field & Field value) from the dropdown in the pop-up against the ADO field dropdown. Its value can be set in the dropdown next to it.

Review Management

New Features

Rights Management for Review

Admins can now restrict access of ADO Project groups in Review Management on different levels. Groups can be allowed or denied based on different features of Review. These features include ‘Initiate/Update Review,’ ‘Audit Report’ generation, ’Smart Report’ generation, ’Smart Report’ designer, ‘Upload Template’ and ‘Delete Uploaded Template.’

Tool Enhancements

Review Initiator can now add Users in group as stakeholder while creating Review

While initiating or updating the review; the review initiator can add users as groups. These groups shall be defined on project level in ADO. Initiator can search for these groups in Approvers or Reviewers list. Groups will appear with group icon and users will appear with user’s icon with their name in the search field. Stakeholders added as groups will have group icon and their name in blue along with their domain and display name on hover. These group members can be dragged and dropped and can be deleted.

Review requested from Smart Docs view tab shall inherit all the meta configured properties and hierarchy

Reviews created from Smart Docs have their work items hierarchy and Meta configured properties intact. These properties can be copied into new reviews as well, while requesting a new review from Smart Docs view tab for the review that were initiated from Smart Docs.

Review Initiator can view and filter all the responses provided on a Review

Review Initiator can now view and filter all the responses given in a particular review. Initiator can apply filter to this response and filter them according to the ‘Work Item’ type, ‘Response By’ and ‘Action.’

Reviewer can now provide multiple ‘Submit Review’ comments via Submit Review option

Reviewers can now give multiple ‘Submit Review’ comments via ‘Submit Review’ option until review is closed. Users can provide ‘Review Action,’ ‘Comments,’ and ‘Links’ with these additional ‘Submit Review’ comments.

Smart Report

New Features

Document define properties can now map to the relevant uploaded Word template while exporting the document

Document properties can now be mapped to the relevant uploaded Word template while exporting the document. These properties can be either system-defined or user-defined. System-defined properties include Collection Name, Created By, Created Date, Project Name, Team Name, Document Title, Document URL and Document Version. While for user-defined properties, field name and value can be defined by the users from Smart Docs.

Tool Enhancements

Rights Management for Smart Report

Admins can now restrict access of Smart Report functionalities in the different group features such as Smart Docs, Baseline, Review, Trace Analysis, and Reporting on the different levels. Groups can be allowed or denied on both the features i.e., Upload and Deleted upload template of Smart Report.

Smart Report can now support update Table of Tables and Table of Figures in exported document

Smart Report now supports ‘Table of Tables’ and ‘Tables of Figures’ in the exported Word/PDF documents. These properties shall be supported in the uploaded templates and ‘Table of Tables’ and ‘Table of Figures’ can be automatically updated as the document is exported if the document contains table or figure captions.

Set filter option for Test Run Virtual work item

Users can now apply different filter options to fetch Test Run data more efficiently and quickly. Users can filter the data by providing Start and End date, State, Count, manual or automated runs on the Test Run configuration pop up provided in the Designer tab.

Support of Build number property against Test Case API virtual work items

Reviewers can now give multiple ‘Submit Review’ comments via ‘Submit Review’ option until review is closed. Users can provide ‘Review Action,’ ‘Comments,’ and ‘Links’ with these additional ‘Submit Review’ comments.

Trace Analysis

New Features

Rights Management for Trace Analysis

Admins can now restrict access of ADO Project groups in Trace Analysis on different levels. Groups can be Allowed or Denied on different features of Trace Analysis. These features include Create/Edit Folder, Delete Folder, Create/Update Artifact, Delete Artifact, Export to Excel, Smart Report Generation, Smart Report Designer, Upload Template and Delete Uploaded Template.

Tool Enhancements

Implemented Requirement work item in Test Case API

MRDevOps now also provides support for Requirement/Product backlog/User story work items in test case coverage.

Users can create the following hierarchy by using Requirement work item under Test suite to get the desired output.

  • Test plan vs Test suite vs Requirement/PBI/User story vs Test case vs Test run vs Test result vs Test step run vs Bug

Support to apply sorting on the column of the Traceability grid

Users can now apply sorting on any column on the Traceability grid in the Horizontal matrix. The columns can be sorted in ascending/descending order. Sorting shall be an auto save process and will be retained while switching the files/ folders /module. The same result as on the grid will be displayed in ‘Export to Excel’ and Smart Report.

Support of Build number property against Test Case API virtual work items

Users can now view “Build number” property on Smart Report under Test point, Test Run and Test results virtual work items when added through designer tab.

Reporting

Tool Enhancements

Support to reuse same template with Area/Iteration value in another project

Users can now reuse reporting template created using “By value” option with query containing area/iteration values in another project.

MR Services

Custom ID

Tool Enhancements

Support for Area Path in Custom ID Scope

Users can define ‘Custom ID’ scope as ‘Area Path’ now, so for every Area Path, separate counter for work items would be set.

Custom ID option “Refresh from Server” is updated

Scan functionality at the backend has now been added when user clicks the “Refresh from Server” option.

Suspect Link

Tool Enhancements

Support for Project level configuration

Suspect link now supports project level configuration.

Suspect Link option “Refresh from Server” is updated

Now scan functionality at the backend is added when user clicks the “Refresh from Server” option

Tool tips of some fields are updated

Some tool tips are updated and enhanced.

Add new target work item link gets freeze after adding the work item

Add new target work item link was left open on UI, though it does not work, now freeze.

MatCal UI

Tool Enhancements

A new UI has been released for MatCal service

Users can now configure MatCal from UI, provided under “Services” hub in Admin area.

Impact Assessment

Introduction

The Impact Assessment module for MR4DO allows users to perform impact analysis on a given work item which ultimately helps to analyze the impact on the related and subsequent work items down the hierarchy. The tool helps the user in identifying the “to-be-affected” related work items prior to making any changes to the source work item/root level. The extension provides an easy-to-use user interface that allows marking work items according to the Impact and creating new task(s) to account for the impact/changes.

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