Serena® Dimensions® RM
Version 12.2
Release Notes

This file describes the new features and functionality available in the current release of Serena Dimensions RM.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: What's New?
Part 2: What's Fixed in 12.2?
 

Part 1: What's New?

1.0 What's New in Dimensions RM 12.2?

 

Part 2: What's Fixed in 12.2?

2.0 Fixes in 12.2

Part 1: What's New?


1.0 What's New in Dimensions RM 12.2?

Dimensions RM 12.2 addresses various enhancement requests and issues that were submitted by customers, including:

·         Migration from Doors - ReqIF Import.

   Support of OMG standard for requirements interchange

   Better migration support from other RM tools

   Full mapping via wizard

·         Requirements Dashboard.

   Visualization of Requirements KPIs

   Graphical report wizard

   Drill-down reports

   Public/private dashboards

·         UI Enhancements.

   Modernized Look & Feel

   Streamlined Colors and Icons

   Revise Top Menu structure

   Faster access to requirement/document view

   Alignment with Serena tool suite design

·         Requirements Link Browser.

   Dynamic graphical view of requirement relationships

   Available in the browser (legacy VNT was fat client)

   Definable number of levels for traceability

   Direct editing of requirements and links

   Free definable scope

·         Advanced Test Management Support.

   New Class Types for Test Cases, Test Results, Defects

   Test set handling

   Test step editor

   Test reporting

·         RM Tasktop Adapter enables more Integrations.

   Microsoft TFS

   JIRA

   IBM RTC

   IBM ClearQuest

   BMC Remedy

   Bugzilla

   Tricentis Tosca

   Rally

   CA PPM

   and many more

·         Model Integration.

   Traceability integration to modelling tools

   First integration: Matlab Simulink

   Link Models (Blocks) to Reqs and v.v.

   Navigate between Reqs and Models

   Include models into Req documents

·         Environment Support Update.

   Windows Server 2012

   Oracle 12

   Tomcat 7

   IE 11

   Office 2013

   IPv6

·         Enhancements on documents view and publish.

   Create a new document from an existing snapshot

   Enable Grid Edit in Document View.

   Support publish to .docx and PDF format

   Ability to suppress chapter id (title) when publish

·         Enhancements on report handling.

   Default view for traceability reports settable

   Rename functionality for reports (scripts).

·         Enhancements on proposed requirements.

   Feature renamed to 'Propose New Requirement‘

   Create New and Link for proposed requirements

   ‘Submit and Copy’ feature for new proposed requirements

·         Ability to copy links when copying requirements.

·         Support Requirements Manager REST services.

·         Enhanced warning/error messages.

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Part 2: What's Fixed in 12.1?


2.0 Fixes in 12.2

Defects from customers:

DEF191643

Publishing Tables within chapters to Word

DEF239398

Published Compare Document does not have Hierarchical Number – just Level 1 numbers

DEF252291

The webservice UpdateObject does not respect permissions correctly

DEF257669

ApproveChangeRequest webservice returns 0 rather than Object ID

DEF260147

User IDs with Spaces and @ generate errors

DEF261472

Class Type Use Case is not listed from RM Import Designer

DEF260330

Dim RM is only visible to installer - and cannot be uninstalled

DEF254085

Accounts are disabled at project drop down - rather than at login; RM User accounts are disabled too easily

DEF256656

Uninstall issue - Error Message:  Please de-install and then re-install

DEF218401

.png and .jpg images get imported as empty boxes through RM Import thick client.

DEF171811

RM Import does not import Graphics from Office 2007

DEF172345

Doc View – Do NOT publish paragraph numbers Ignored working with GRID layout

DEF204522

Errors Saving LDAP Configuration when setting SSO New Users configuration

DEF212158

Column with resize in Editable Grid does not carry over to Grid mode.

DEF257730

RM WebBrowser: CSV-Import protocol panel not scrollable

DEF258362

RM Document cannot be opened after it was created by webservices

DEF255697

Clicking on requirement in ECP document without ECP assigned does not open requirement.

DEF244139

Class Def Errors when Backup does not include SECURITY

DEF196767

Document publish formats incorrectly when rightmost column is null.

DEF202840

Problem with bullet in html attribute and excel export

DEF191963

Problems when publishing a document containing a character

Non-customer defects:

DEF258632

CSV Import of requirements exported from RM  is not properly parsing non-breaking space

DEF259288

Import Project Account: ORA-39082 ORA-39083

DEF259511

Oracle error occurred after deleting a class from ClassDef

DEF248370

Unable to rename script

DEF254894

There are no sign to which ECP requirement document is linked

DEF255871

Grid Lines are not shown in IE

DEF256747

Open Attachment is not working in Firefox

DEF256770

Webservice FindObjectsInClasses fails when not passing aAttrList attribute

DEF111436

Bullets converted to numbers on publish

DEF211917

Incorrect text displaying in EG of Text attribute.

DEF215509

Incorrect view of page number.

DEF237606

Incorrect display of tables in Paragraph Layout of Chapter Detail pane

DEF247001

Date/time selector for System Attributes in reports does not show correct result when "=" is selected

DEF247955

Error in the log file after creating class/relationship and save ClassDef schema

DEF247957

Error in the log file appeared on invoking ClassDef

DEF247958

ClassDef is logging to rtmBrowser log file

DEF248013

UI: Add to container button is aligned improperly on edit requirement window

DEF248016

UI: Extra scroll bars on Add to Chapter window (Chrome issue)

DEF229750

Incorrect table width appears.

DEF233888

Extra scroll bars in editable grid editor for html text attributes IE9(10)

DEF230387

Cryptic result in 'Add to Chapter' if drag subrqmt to chapter level until reselect class

 

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