Viewing and clearing suspect links

You can view suspect indicators in various contexts, either through widgets on your CLM dashboard, or through the HP ALM adapter web interface. You can access suspect artifacts, review their history, and remove suspect indicators.

About this task

When the suspect conditions that are specified in a suspicion profile occur, the suspect icon is displayed. The HP ALM adapter provides two widgets you can add to a CLM dashboard to view suspect link information. Criteria for tracking suspect links is defined in the suspicion profile that is associated with the project.

For an HP ALM requirements folder, Suspect Requirements opens a list of HP ALM requirements that link to suspect Rational requirements artifacts. Open the twistie to preview the requirement, or click it to go to the HP ALM adapter resource page for the requirement.

A requirements widget

For an HP ALM test folder, Suspect Test Cases opens a list of HP ALM test cases that link to suspect Rational requirements artifacts. Open the twistie to preview the test case, or click it to go the HP ALM adapter resource page for the test case.

A test case widget

For information about working with widgets, see the related links.

Follow these steps to verify and clear a suspect link. You can use this procedure with test cases or requirements.

Procedure

  1. Click a suspect test case or requirement from the test case or requirements widget. A resource page for the HP ALM artifact opens.

    If a test case or requirement is linked to a Rational requirement that was changed, the Is Suspect field is set to Yes and the link that causes the suspicion is marked with the suspect link icon in the list of Reference Requirements.

    Suspicion indicator set to yes

  2. Open the twistie next to the suspect link icon to preview it and see the changes.
  3. If the changes to the linked requirement have no impact on the test case or requirement, you can clear suspicion by clicking the icon next to Yes in the In Suspect field to toggle the value to No and remove the suspect link identifiers.

Updating suspect links in requirements folders with the reconcile function

About this task

Suspect links are also visible from the resource page for a requirements folder or test folder. You can use the Reconcile function to update suspect requirements.

Procedure

  1. Open the resource page for HP ALM requirements or test folder. Suspect requirements are marked with the suspect links icon.

    Reconcile Requirements selected

  2. Click Reconcile. Open the twistie. The current contents for the artifact is shown along with contents taken from the modified, suspect Rational requirement.

    Suspect requirements are shown

  3. Compare the contents. If you want to replace the contents, click Update Requirements. This operation replaces the old content with the new content from the suspect Rational requirement. The update operation copies any changes to the title and the contents. This operation cannot be undone.

    For test cases, the title and description are updated. For requirements, the title, description, and rich text are updated.

Results

The HP ALM requirement or test case is no longer suspect.

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