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PM57176: Back link not automatically created when linking Test Story in CCM to Test Case in QM

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APAR status

  • Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

  • This is being filed based on instruction from L3 team in
    jazz.net WI Escalation 192200.
    
    Back link not automatically created when linking Test Story in
    CCM to Test Case in QM
    
    Steps to reproduce:
    
    1) Log in to the project under test
    2) Navigate to Mini Dashboard?My Projects. Select the Change and
    Configuration Management(RTC) project under test
    3) Navigate to Work Items?Create Work Item. Create two work
    items (Story one and Task one).
    4) Open the RRC thick client, select the project linked to the
    RTC project above. Using this project, create two Artifacts and
    add them to a Collection.
    5) Navigate to the Mini Dashboard?My Projects, select the RQM
    project, create a test plan, two test cases and two test
    scripts. Link one test script to each of the test cases. Link
    each of the Test Cases to the Test Plan. Save.
    6) Using RRC, link to the Test Plan created in RQM.
    7) Select the hyperlink, verify user is navigated to the Test
    Plan in RQM.
    8) Verify the hyperlink to RRC is displayed under Requirement
    Collection Links.
    9) Using RRC, create a link from the Artifacts to the 2 Test
    Cases.
    10) Navigate the links, verify user is navigated to the test
    cases in RQM.
    11) Return to RRC. Using the first artifact, link it to the task
    in RTC.
    12) Using the second artifact, link it to the story in RTC.
    13) Navigate the link from RRC to the story in RTC.
    14) Using RTC, locate the story in the previous step. Navigate
    to
    Links, verify link to RRC is displayed.
    15) Create a new link to RQM test case. Save.
    16) Navigate the link from RTC to RQM.
    17) Verify link to RTC is displayed in the Manage Sections under
    the Development Items.
    
    Observe:
    No link is displayed.
    Confirm able to create links and navigate from RRC 2.x Thick
    Client to RQM 3.x as well as RTC 3.x The main issue is in RTC
    3.x and RQM 3.x where back links are not auto-created when
    trying to link to each other. The back links are just not
    displayed as they should be.
    No errors are provided.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

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    This is being filed based on instruction from L3 team in
    jazz.net WI Escalation 192200.
    
    Back link not automatically created when linking Test Story
    in CCM to Test Case in QM
    
    Steps to reproduce:
    
    1) Log in to the project under test
    2) Navigate to Mini Dashboard?My Projects. Select the Change
    and Configuration Management(RTC) project under test
    3) Navigate to Work Items?Create Work Item. Create two work
    items (Story one and Task one).
    4) Open the RRC thick client, select the project linked to
    the RTC project above. Using this project, create two
    Artifacts and add them to a Collection.
    5) Navigate to the Mini Dashboard?My Projects, select the
    RQM project, create a test plan, two test cases and two test
    scripts. Link one test script to each of the test cases.
    Link each of the Test Cases to the Test Plan. Save.
    6) Using RRC, link to the Test Plan created in RQM.
    7) Select the hyperlink, verify user is navigated to the
    Test Plan in RQM.
    8) Verify the hyperlink to RRC is displayed under
    Requirement Collection Links.
    9) Using RRC, create a link from the Artifacts to the 2 Test
    Cases.
    10) Navigate the links, verify user is navigated to the test
    cases in RQM.
    11) Return to RRC. Using the first artifact, link it to the
    task in RTC.
    12) Using the second artifact, link it to the story in RTC.
    13) Navigate the link from RRC to the story in RTC.
    14) Using RTC, locate the story in the previous step.
    Navigate to
    Links, verify link to RRC is displayed.
    15) Create a new link to RQM test case. Save.
    16) Navigate the link from RTC to RQM.
    17) Verify link to RTC is displayed in the Manage Sections
    under the Development Items.
    
    Observe:
    No link is displayed.
    Confirm able to create links and navigate from RRC 2.x Thick
    Client to RQM 3.x as well as RTC 3.x The main issue is in
    RTC 3.x and RQM 3.x where back links are not auto-created
    when trying to link to each other. The back links are just
    not displayed as they should be.
    No errors are provided.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This is working as designed.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PM57176

  • Reported component name

    RATL TEAM CONCE

  • Reported component ID

    5724V0400

  • Reported release

    301

  • Status

    CLOSED PRS

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2012-02-01

  • Closed date

    2013-08-07

  • Last modified date

    2013-08-07

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 August 2013