View feature page

This page is shown in Figure 1 and shows all the information relating to the selected Features iconfeature. feature view page

Figure 1 – Feature view page

The  top header area allows you to Edit icon edit or Delete icon delete the feature; or to add new Attachments icon attachments or Comment icon comments to this feature. If the parent release of this feature has an associated project, then you will also have the ability to Requirements icon add a new requirement for that project and automatically add the new requirement as a dependent of this feature. Some details of the feature are displayed just below the top header area. The rest of the page is made up of a number of tabs or sections (depending on your selected view):

Attachments icon Attachments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the attachments that have been added to this feature, 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 Edit iconediting, Delete icondeleting, Move iconmoving or lock iconlocking/unlock iconunlocking the selected attachment. view page attachments tab

Figure 2 – Feature attachments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the attachment table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more attachments to this feature. Here, you can also export this attachment list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV 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).  

Comment icon Comments

This tab shows an asset listing of all of the comments that icon_userusers have made on this feature, 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 Edit iconediting or Delete icondeleting  the selected comment. view page comment tab

Figure 3 – Feature comments tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the comment table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more comments to this feature. Here, you can also export this comment list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

History icon History

This tab shows shows some basic history of the feature, as shown in Figure 4.  By default, this tab will present you with a number of details about the feature’s history such as the creation date, creation user, last update date and last update user. If the feature 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.view page history tab  

Figure 4 – Feature history tab

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

 

Group icon Resource estimates

resource estimates tab

Figure 5 – Feature resource estimates tab

This tab shows the estimates for each of the resource pools allocated to the release.

Traceability matrix icon for preferences Sources & Dependents icon Dependents

You can associate a feature with other assets in the system to capture the dependencies (or traceability) between the feature and those assets. This is done through adding sources or dependents. Sources are other assets that this feature is derived from, i.e. this feature can be affected if any of its sources are changed. The Sources tab asset listing of all of the sources that have been added to this feature, as shown in Figure 6. 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 Edit iconediting or Delete icondeleting  the selected source. source tab

Figure 6 – Feature sources tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the sources table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more sources to this feature. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.

Dependents are other assets, for example requirements, that “depends” on this feature i.e. those assets may be affected if the details of this feature should change. The Dependents tab shows an asset listing of all of the dependents that have been added to this feature, as shown in Figure 7. 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 Edit iconediting or Delete icondeleting  the selected dependent.dependent tab  

Figure 7 – Feature dependents tab

Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the Edit iconedit button at the bottom of the dependents table or navigate to this same spot to Add iconadd more dependents to this feature. Here, you can also export this list to Excel export iconExcel or CSV export iconCSV files.