View requirement page

This page is shown in Figure 1 and shows all the information relating to the selected requirement.

Figure 1 – Requirement view page

The  top header area allows you to  edit, delete or move the requirement; or to add a new requirement, test case, attachment or  comment to this requirement.Some details of the requirement are displayed in subsections just below the top header area, such as the requirement’s location within Psoda, and it’s category, description, and who this requirement is allocated to. In another subsection, you will be presented with information about the requirement’s workflow information. From this workflow subsection you may be able to  request or authorise a state transition. The rest of the page is made up of a number of tabs or sections (depending on your selected view):

 Attachments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the attachments that have been added to this requirement, as shown in Figure 2.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the attachments such as the file’s name, attachment type, view the version and access a download link. From the Actions column of this attachments table, you can act on individual attachments by editing, deleting, moving or locking/unlocking the selected attachment.

Figure 2 – Requirement attachments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the attachment table or navigate to this same spot to add more attachments to this requirement. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.At the very bottom of this tabbed view, you have the option to add more attachments by utilising the drag and drop functionality to drag the files you wish to upload into the drop box (note that this function works in HTML5 compliant browsers only). 

 Comments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the comments that users have made on this requirement, as shown in Figure 3.  By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the comments such as, the date that this comment was last updated, who created the comment, the comment itself and any associated tags to name a few. From the Actions column of this comments table, you can act on individual comments by editing or deleting  the selected comment.

Figure 3 – Requirement comments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the comment table or navigate to this same spot to add more comments to this requirement. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files. 

 Dependents

Dependents are other assets, for example test cases, that “depends” on this requirement i.e. those assets may be affected if the details of this requirement should change.This tab shows an asset listing of all of the dependents that have been added to this requirement, as shown in Figure 4. By default, this table will present you with the dependent’s parent asset, the dependent asset, it’s description and status.From the Actions column of this dependents table, you can act on individual dependents by editing or deleting  the selected dependent. 

Figure 4 – Requirement dependents tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the dependents table or navigate to this same spot to add more dependents to this requirement. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.

 Details

Figure 5 – Requirement details tab

This tab shows some additional details about the requirement, such as it’s category, description, weighting, priority and which users this requirement is allocated to, as shown in Figure 5.

 History

This tab shows shows some basic history of the requirement, as shown in Figure 6.  By default, this tab will present you with a number of details about the requirement’s history such as the creation date, creation user, last update date and last update user. If the requirement has been changed then this section will also show a table of all the changes that has been made, including the date of each change, the field changed, the value before the change and the user who made the change. 

Figure 6 – Requirement history tab

Note that you can customise your change table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the change table. Here, you can also export this list of changes to Excel or CSV files.

 

 Sources

Sources are other assets that this requirement is derived from, i.e. this requirement can be affected if any of its sources are changed.This tab shows an asset listing of all of the sources that have been added to this requirement, as shown in Figure 7. By default, this table will present you with the source’s parent asset, the source asset, it’s description and status.From the Actions column of this sources table, you can act on individual sources by editing or deleting  the selected source.

Figure 7 – Requirement sources tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the sources table or navigate to this same spot to add more sources to this requirement. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.

Sub-requirements

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the sub-requirements on this requirement, as shown in Figure 8.  By default this requirements table will list some details for the sub-requirements such as the relationship, reference, category, description, priority, weighting and current state. If you click on the link in the reference column, you will navigate into the selected sub-requirement’s view page.From the Actions column of this sub-requirements table, you can act on individual requirements by editing, deleting  or moving the selected sub-requirement or sub-folder.

Figure 8 – Requirement sub-requirements tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the table. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.

 Test cases

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the test cases that have been listed for this requirement, as shown in Figure 9. If you click on the link in the reference column, you will navigate into the selected test case’s view page. By default this test cases table will show some details of the listed test cases such as the reference, title, pre-conditions, description, requirement being tested, current state and the last result.From the Actions column of this test cases table, you can act on individual test cases by editing, deleting, moving, copying or adding a sub-test case to the selected test case.

Figure 9 – Requirement test cases tab

At the bottom of the table you can add more sub-folders or test cases manually or import multiple from a CSV file. Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button from here too, as well as being able to export this list to Excel or CSV files.

Workflow timeline

This tab shows you a table containing each of the state transitions that have been applied to this requirement on the associated workflow. Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button, or export this issue list to Excel or CSV files.

Figure 10 – Requirement workflow timeline tab

Below the state transition timeline table, you will be presented with a visual breakdown of the timeline in a GANTT chart, as shown in Figure 10.