You can use the full-text search feature to quickly locate
test assets in a project.
Before you begin
To return a result, the search text must be part of the Name
or Summary Description of a test asset or part of a work item that
is associated with the test asset. Search can locate test plans, test
cases, test scripts, test suites, defects, requirements, and work
items.
About this task
To search for test assets in a project:
Procedure
- Type your search text, for example the word Classics,
in the Search box, located in the upper right side of the IBM® Rational® Quality Manager window.
- Click the
icon. The search results
are displayed as shown in the following figure:

In
this example, the first three hits are for test plans that include
the word Classics in the test plan name.
The next hit, New
Customer Order Requirement (Sample), is a requirement that includes
the word Classics in the requirement Description.
The next two hits, Complete
the Formal Review Section of Test Plan: Classics Java, are for
work items that include the search text in the Description section
of the work item.
In the last two hits, the search text is
part of the Description section of a test case and the Description
section of a test script.
- After you run the search, you can take further actions
to modify the results.
- Click the Type Filter Text field (
) at the upper, right-hand corner of the search results section
to limit the results to those items that contain the text that you
type.
- In the Group by field, click the down
arrow and make a selection to sort the results.
- Click the Change Display Settings (
icon to change the columns that are displayed
in the search results or to change the width of each column.
- Optional: Configure the number of items returned in a search.
By default, the search returns up to 100 items. To increase
or decrease that number, do the following:
- Log on as a user with JazzAdmins repository
permissions.
- Click Admin, and then click Jazz
Server Administration.
- Under Configuration, click Advanced Properties to
display the current settings for all system services.
- Search for com.ibm.rqm.planning.service.internal.rest.FullTextRestService.
- To the right of the Limit Search Results field,
replace the Current Value (100) with a different value, such as 500.
- When you are ready to commit the changes, click Save.
The next time you run a search, the search will return
up to the number of items specified.