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Workflow Extension: Advanced Suspect

This function allows you to define and control in a more granular way which item should become suspect when you change an item. The function also adds a comment to the items which become suspect.

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Description

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This function allows you to define and control in a more granular way which item should become suspect when you change an item.
The function also adds a comment to the items which becomes suspect.

Instead of using the auto suspect feature of Polarion you can now define a custom workflow action e.g. "undergoing change" which once it is executed marks a custom set of items as suspect.

Attributes which can be set

Attribute name	Description	Example	Allowed values	Required
item.type	Only listed item type will become supect.If no item type is specified any item type is checked for suspect.	item.type = requirement	Any item type defined in workflow configuration.	no
project.id	Only items which are in the specified project will become suspect. If no project id is specified all projects are checked for suspect items.	project.id = library	Any existing project id	no
allowedStates	Only items which are in the specified state will become suspect. If no state is specified, any state can make the item suspect	allowedStates = open,accepted	Any state defined in the workflow configuration	no
current.project	If value is true, then suspect affects only items of the current project. Do not use together with project.id as both variables are combined with AND.	current.project=true	true	no
suspect.comment	Allows you to add a comment to the item which becomes suspect. The comment contains information about changed revision of the originator item and your custom comment message.	suspect.comment =" somebody changed a Work Item you are refering to. Please check content for consistency"	any String	no

Example Scenarios

This section contains snipplets of different workflow configurations

Function Configuration	Bahavior in Polarion
`<function name="AdvancedSuspect"> <param name="item.type" value="task"/> <param name="allowedStates" value="open,in_progress"/> <param name="suspect.comment" value="Here comes your custom message related to the task..."/> </function>`	Only items of type task will become suspect. Only tasks which are in status open or in_progress will become suspect. The tasks can be in any project When task becomes suspect, a custom comment is added to the task: "Here comes your custom message related to the task..."
`<function name="AdvancedSuspect"> <param name="item.type" value="testcase"/> <param name="allowedStates" value="active"/> <param name="current.project" value="true"/> </function>`	Only items of type testcase which are in status active will become suspect. The test cases must be in the same project as the Work Item changed to become suspect.

Information

Vendor Tim Pence (Siemens PLM)

Published Version 1.0.0 - January 2014