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Suspect Links
Overview
easeRequirements allows you to use Jira issue links to define the relationships and dependencies between requirements, as well as between requirements and other types of issues. When one requirement depends on another requirement, it can be useful to know when that requirement changes, since that may require corresponding changes in the dependent requirement.
easeRequirements introduces the concept of suspect links to help you spot such cases and take appropriate action. easeRequirements automatically monitors changes in your requirements and flags linked issues as "suspect" in order to identify them for review. This feature allows users to change requirements and then determine which other requirements might be affected by the changes. After review, the suspect flag can be removed.
Suspect links are identified in the following ways:
The Suspect Report provides a list of requirements with suspect links in a given project.
In the section "Linked Issues" in a requirement's Detail View, any link types with suspects are marked as “(suspect)”.
Requirements with suspect links are marked in the Coverage View and Traceability Matrix.
To configure the rules for flagging suspect links see Configuring the Suspect Logic.
Suspect Report
To view the Suspect Report for the project, select Hamburger menu > Suspect Report from the main navigation bar. The report shows a table with a row for each combination of issue revisions linked by a suspect link. Use the Search field to find rows containing specific text.
Report options
In the report, select the checkbox “Include links to other projects (issues from different Jira projects)” to include cross-project links flagged as suspect.
Use the report columns' filter and sort options to focus the output to our desired content.
Report Columns
Changed Issue | The issue whose change triggered a suspect rule. |
Linked Issue | The dependent issue that might be affected by the change. |
Link Type(s) | The outward description of the link (or links if there are more than one) from the changed issue to the dependent issue. |
User | The user who made the change. |
Suspect Timestamp | The date and time of the change. |
Action | Provides the following actions:
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How to clear the suspect flag
There are three ways to clear the suspect flag:
Suspect Report:
In the Report in the Action column of a given requirement, use the option Clear.
In the Report in the first column of a given issue, tick the checkboxes of suspect links you wish to clear, select the button Clear selected suspect links and select Clear in the dialog to confirm.
Detail view: In the section "Linked Issues” in a requirement’s Detail view, use the option Clear.