Using full-text search

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

  1. 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.
  2. Click the Search icon.

    The search results are displayed as shown in the following figure:

    Search results

    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.

    Description section of a requirement

    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.

  3. After you run the search, you can take further actions to modify the results.
    • Click the Type Filter Text field (Type Filter Text) 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 (Change Display Settings icon to change the columns that are displayed in the search results or to change the width of each column.
  4. 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:

    1. Log on as a user with JazzAdmins repository permissions.
    2. Click Admin, and then click Jazz Server Administration.
    3. Under Configuration, click Advanced Properties to display the current settings for all system services.
    4. Search for com.ibm.rqm.planning.service.internal.rest.FullTextRestService.
    5. To the right of the Limit Search Results field, replace the Current Value (100) with a different value, such as 500.
    6. 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.

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