New & Noteworthy for IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Engineering Insights 7.0.1


Description
Administration ENI supports managing process templates for project areas

To know how to manage the process templates for project areas, see the following page:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYMRC_7.0.1/com.ibm.jazz.platform.doc/topics/c_working_process_templates_web.html
The timeout value for loading the Impact Analysis diagram is configurable by ENI administrators

Large Impact Analysis diagrams might take a long time to load.
Therefore, ENI administrators can now adjust the timeout value so that large Impact Analysis diagrams are successfully loaded.

Complete the following steps to set the timeout value for loading the Impact Analysis diagrams:

1. As an administrator, log in to the ENI administration page.
2. From the left navigation pane, click Advanced Properties.
3. On the Advanced Properties page, go to the Impact Analysis Settings section, and then click Edit.
4. In the Current Value field, enter the timeout value, and then click Save.

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Browser Support IBM Engineering Insights officially supports the Chromium Edge browser

IBM Engineering Insights now officially supports the Chromium-based Edge browser. Also, the Internet Explorer browser is no longer supported.
Impact Analysis Users must select the project scope when creating Impact Analysis diagrams

To improve the response time of an Impact Analysis diagram, you must select the Project Scope when you create an Impact Analysis diagram.

Complete the following steps to select the project scope:
  1. In the Impact Analysis page, click the pencil icon next to the Project Scope field.
  2. In the Select Project Area page, select the required project areas, and then click OK.
  3. Click Start Analysis to run impact analysis on your focus artifact.
Artifacts that belong to the selected project scope are displayed in the Impact Analysis diagram.

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Views ENI enables view authors to configure visual reporting and filtering based on the Link Validity value

In applications such as IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next and IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM), users can set the value of Link Validity of relationships to Valid or Invalid.

You can access the Link Validity dialog box from any of the following areas within ENI:

  • In the Show Links To wizard, click the pencil icon next to Link Validity.
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  • Right-click the dotted-arrow between the linked containers and then select Edit Link Validity.
  • In the Link Properties section within the View Properties pane, click the pencil icon next to Link Validity.

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Complete the following steps to configure visual reporting and filtering based on the Link Validity value:

  1. Open the Link Validity dialog box.
  2. From the Link Validity Value list, select the appropriate value, such as Ignore, Required, Optional, or Does Not Exist.
  3. For valid and invalid links, set the stroke property and color.
  4. Add filter conditions for the Link Validity attributes such as Description, Last Modification, Modified By, and Status.
Links that satisfy the Link Validity value and the filter conditions are displayed in the specified color and appearance.b

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View authors can show differences between configuration

In ENI views, you can use the compare configuration feature to select different colors to identify artifacts that belong to different streams or to both the streams.

Complete the following steps to run the compare configuration feature:

  1. Open a view and click Compare Configuration.
  2. On the Compare Configurations page, select the streams for Configuration 1 and Configuration 2.
  3. Select different colors corresponding to Configuration 1 and Configuration 2.
  4. Select Common color.
  5. Click OK.
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Result:
Artifacts that are present in either Configuration 1 or Configuration 2 stream are displayed in the corresponding selected color.

Artifacts that are present in both Configuration 1 and Configuration 2 streams are displayed in the selected Common color.

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Users can now map the JRS artifact types to the current artifact types when they import the ENI views into ENI

This mapping prevents errors that might occur at the time of loading imported views, which were created on a different server.

To map the JRS artifacts, click the pencil icon and select the appropriate system artifact on the Select the current Artifacts page within the Import views wizard.

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Validating view artifacts

In ENI, the Rectify View wizard enables you to validate the invalid artifacts of the view by appropriately mapping the invalid artifacts to the current artifacts.

Complete the following steps to validate the invalid artifacts in views:
  1. In the ENI application, go to My Views or Shared Views tab. The list of existing views is displayed.
  2. Select the checkbox next to the invalid view and then click .
  3. On the Select the current Artifacts step in the Rectify View wizard, click the pencil icon to open the Select an artifact type page.
  4. On the Select an artifact type dialog box, select the current artifact corresponding to the existing invalid artifact type and then click OK.
  5. On the Select current conditions step in the Rectify View wizard, from the Current condition list, select the new conditions for the existing conditions in the invalid view.
  6. Click Finish.
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Resizing the container, adjust the width of its resource nodes

When you resize the container, the updated width of the resource node is displayed in the Resource Node width property.

The following enhancements are made to the Container section of the Properties tab:
  • Resource Node width is a new property in the Container section.
  • In the Width and Height fields of the container, you can select Automatic or enter a numeric value.
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View authors can decide whether to display the container preview information when users hover the mouse pointer over the container

View authors can configure the display of the container preview information in edit mode and view mode.

To enable the display of container preview information when users hover the mouse pointer over the container, view authors must select the Container hover checkbox from the Properties tab.
By default, the Container hover checkbox is clear.

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To provide better visual indication, the artifact from which the open view action was triggered is now highlighted

Complete the following steps to configure the appearance of the resource node from which the action is triggered.

  1. In the edit mode of the view, go to the Action Event Color section of the Page Properties pane.
  2. Click the pencil icon to select the Text Color and Fill Color.

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Users can configure the appearance of the Count node in containers

When you edit views, you can now set the size and color of the Count node in containers.

Complete the following steps to configure the appearance of the Count node:
1. In a view, select a container, and then click Show Count.
2. Right-click the Count node, and then select Edit Node.
3. In the UI Type tab, change the height, width, fill or stroke property, and then click OK.

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Web UI New style for UI components: Buttons, links, breadcrumbs, modal dialog boxes, and tabs

Select user interface components (buttons, links, breadcrumbs, modal dialog boxes, and tabs) are restyled in IBM Engineering Insights (ENI) as part of the ongoing task to align with IBM's open source Carbon Design System.

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