Figure 1 – Feature view page
The top header area allows you to edit or delete the feature; or to add new attachments or comments to this feature. If the parent release of this feature has an associated project, then you will also have the ability to 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
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 editing, deleting, moving or locking/unlocking the selected attachment.Figure 2 – Feature 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 feature. Here, you can also export this attachment 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 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 editing or deleting the selected comment.Figure 3 – Feature 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 feature. Here, you can also export this comment list to Excel or CSV files.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.Figure 4 – Feature 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.
Resource estimates
Figure 5 – Feature resource estimates tab
This tab shows the estimates for each of the resource pools allocated to the release.Sources & 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 editing or deleting the selected source.Figure 6 – Feature 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 feature. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV 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 editing or deleting the selected dependent.Figure 7 – Feature 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 feature. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.