Serena® Dimensions® RM
Version 12.4
Release Notes

This file describes the new features and functionality available in the current release of Serena Dimensions RM.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: What's New?
Part 2: What's Fixed in 12.4?
 

Part 1: What's New?

1.0 What's New in Dimensions RM 12.4?

 

Part 2: What's Fixed in 12.4?

2.0 Fixes in 12.4

Part 1: What's New?


1.0 What's New in Dimensions RM 12.4?

Dimensions RM 12.4 addresses various enhancement requests and issues that were submitted by customers, including:

·       Agile Capabilities:

o    Prioritized backlogs.

o    Product & Sprint Storyboards.

o    Burn-down reports for Releases and Sprints.

·       Variant Management:

o New types of document: Master and Child.

o Inheritance of master document structure and requirement content to child documents to support product variants and reuse.

·       Various enhancements in Document View:

o    Drag and Drop for moving requirements or reordering.

o    Ability to move a document to another category.

o    Ability to exchange object version across multiple documents.

o    Allow class restriction in a document.

o    Ability to create documents without being able to create collections.

o    Allow users to set defaults in document 'Find and Replace' dialog.

o    Ability to Expand All/Collapse All chapters in a document.

o    Define default layout for a document.

o    Ability to use multi-selection for moving requirements/chapters within document structure.

·       Requirements breakdown ratio report. Report shows the coverage percentage for a chain of requirements classes.

·       Ability to retire list entries rather than deleting them.

·       Ability to define displaying of user full name and/or user id everywhere in RM Browser.

·       Rich Text Editor Enhancements

o    Modern Look and Feel. Better support for content pasting.

o    Spell checker for HTML attributes in RM Browser.

o    Using of superscript and subscript values in HTML attributes in RM Browser.

·       Support of direct URL links to reports, including traceability ones, scripts with run-time parameters and sorting.

 

·       Limitation of Public Report Editing group list based on permissions.

·       Additional functionality in Workflow:

o    Mass transition for workflow state.

o    Add ability to assign a user attribute to a group and not just an individual user.

o    Ability to bulk import requirements into a selected workflow state.

o    Support of multiple custom forms for a class supporting states and transitions

·       Gap elimination in Group Attributes:

o    Creating of objects with mandatory group attributes in editable grid.

o    Adding of new row in group attributes without values.

·       Public/Private Dashboard access management.

·       Ability to do additional filtering of a result set in editable grid in class reports and quick search.

·       Possibility to show incoming and outgoing links for a requirement version in search and report results.

·       Filter requirements which are related to me in MyWork view in proposals report.

·       Pop-up suppression in “Object Pending Approval” and “Newer Version of Object Available”.

·     Round trip to MS Word to replace requirements with new version.

·     User Management/Group Assignment in RM Browser.

·      CSV mport/Export of Test Steps attributes in Test Case class.

·       LDAP Interface enhancements:

o    Creating of RM accounts with correct account first and last name rather than LDAP.

o    Import user’s e-mail address, phone number, location, etc. in RM LDAP interface.

·       Ability to create LDAP and SSO users in CreateUser web service.

·       Show only databases in RM Login Screen where RM is installed.

·       Support of Amazon Relational Database Service.

 


2.0 Fixes in 12.4

Defects from customers:

DEF199364

Spell Check in TinyMCE blocked by RM

DEF206258

RM Import only install asks for Oracle Client

DEF276226

Import does not allow Workflow State data Import

DEF279531

'Add to Chapter' does NOT add multiple requirements to a chapter in a consistent way

DEF241674

Issues Adding Requirements to Chapters - Requesting the ability to change the insertion order

DEF257449

Document Find and Replace dialog covers much of the document

DEF278205

Group Attribute not working in Quick Search when Group Name contains space

DEF278293

Between constraint with run time option in Report leads to spinning "Loading.."

DEF137488

Using tab with HTML enabled text field is problematic. Skipping attributes.

DEF209434

Full screen function issues in Tiny MCE Editor

DEF237063

Unable to preview an image inserted into a tinyMCE (HTML) enabled text attribute

DEF169201

Loosing JPEG images in TinyMCE edit sessions

DEF269536

Links Made From Proposed Requirements - prior to initial submission - are assigned to the current requirement version

DEF280136

Serena Requirement Window showing wrong Reqmt ID

DEF281477

Reason for change in Editable Grid

DEF281656

Blank Category selection box in Dashboard Setup

DEF279266

User Can't Display Chapters

DEF281938

Copy of requirement with one link results in Copy with many links (of same link) but different version

DEF282358

Group Attribute choices blank in Document driven by script

DEF280281

rtmAdminService.wsdl won't deploy using SBM 11.0

DEF281127

Report counts incorrectly displayed

DEF281176

Deleting an attribute from Comment class causes ClassDef to crash

DEF281237

Reversing relationship causes issues with the Browser links

DEF281329

Remove collection allocated requirement is not working

DEF281417

Poor performance when searching large classes

DEF275469

Not all attributes are copied using the Copy option on the main RM Browser page

DEF278883

RM Import extracts attribute values incorrectly

DEF279647

Column Headings missing from 'Move Containers to Category' dialog

DEF280071

It is possible to set a document as ECP controlled - when NO ECP class is defined

DEF280086

Version difference for rich text fields with image not working properly

DEF277254

RM Import: Not all Class Rule section settings are saved

DEF277581

Corrupted xls export when html field contains too much data

DEF277698

Maximum ‘Open Cursors’ is periodically exceeded

DEF277723

Document: Requirements inserted at the wrong location

DEF278096

Error raised when attempting to sort Collection opened from Home Page

DEF263523

Misalignment of Tables in RM when copying text via IE

DEF220573

Need to re-login to open projects with LDAP

DEF224885

Impossible Text sorting using more than 4000 symbols for the text req. attribute

DEF229575

Document Properties settings do not get retained in their Snapshots.

DEF191762

Images are not shown in preview

DEF181720

When editing tables, select and delete not working

Non-customer defects:

DEF275565

RM Import Excel Import – Unknown Interface Error

DEF277036

blank lines are only visible in tinyMCE, but not in preview or report

DEF277647

No Spinner is shown when clicking on Run Query

DEF277894

Custom fields are not copied when using the copy from the action pane

DEF278533

Fields are not copied on copy Requirement when fields are read-only

DEF278637

Group Attribute is changed after transition is executed

DEF278994

Powerpoint File breaks on Upload (based on L3R05663)

DEF279382

Change of attachment with same file name is not shown in history difference view and version details view

DEF238707

Access rights backed up/restored badly on group level

DEF229179

Replace requirement in document when 'Update to tip' is unchecked works incorrectly

DEF278054

Add to Collection Event is no longer raised for Baselines

DEF124747

Raw html displayed in quick search and script results

DEF166585

Delete chapter action not updating the document modification date

DEF238258

Populate on copy works bad for group attributes

DEF281421

Wrong order after adding multiple requirements to a document

DEF111077

Alcon: Paste to HTML attribute doesn't work for images in Firefox

DEF240045

'Finding...' is looping if try to search/replace text after replace has been already done

DEF240256

Replaced requirement was not refreshed automatically in document without 'Update to tip' option

DEF254761

Unable to drag and drop requirements in document or traceability report (Chrome 35)

DEF261315

Unexpected assigning link to current requirement while submitting Change Request

DEF261445

Propose New Requirement added at the top of the document - inconsistent

DEF268466

Object Ids in Document Tree table are not updated for chapters when documents copied using 'Save As'

DEF234898

Table alignment works incorrectly

DEF216707

Look & feel of Insert/Edit Image window is inconvenient.

DEF222112

Rows in Document are shifted after searching in FF.

DEF222637

New requirement doesn't appear in document tree until doc tree not refreshed

DEF211891

User cannot create new req in EG if group attribute mandatory exist in class

DEF282037

Security - Grant All does not Grant Create Public to Filters and Scripts

DEF214092

document view - New,add & link - not auto updating document chapters list

DEF214065

When copy requirement with group attribute clear rows shouldn't be copied.

DEF231745

Number of presented items in Navigation page is not updated when delete one of them

 

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