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ALM Octane and Value Edge: UI tips and tricks

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List of tips and tricks with short "how to" examples (for tip availability, check the "available from release" column):

Tip Description Preview Available from Release

Search using wildcards

Search using wildcards:

? (question mark): to replace any single character.

* (asterisk): to replace a number of characters.

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16.1.100

Customize board cards

Customize the card view to display specific fields, both system and user-defined.

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16.0.200

Show <field> in history

Right-click an item and select Show <field> in History to quickly access the history of the item's changes.

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16.0.100

Keyboard shortcuts for global search

Click Ctrl+Alt+E (or Cmd+Option+E on Mac) to open the global search and start searching.

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16.0.100

Search by partial ID

In the global search box, you can also type a partial ID to search for items by ID.

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16.0.100

Copy multiple links

Copy links to multiple items in as a single operation, instead of copying them one-by-one.

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15.1.60

Dashboard: edit widget name shortcut

Click the widget title to edit.

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15.0.60

Dashboard: widget filters shortcut

By clicking the filter icon you can quickly edit the widget filters.

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15.0.60

Global Search

You can filter your global search results by entity type.

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15.0.60

Quick Actions

Click Ctrl Q to open the quick actions menu.

For example, quickly add items or navigate between modules.

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15.0.60

Quick bulk update on the selected field

Click a column's header menu and choose to group the grid by the selected field.

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15.0.60

Quick link to an item

Using the hashtag # character, you can add a link to any item. You can use quick links in the description, comment, or any other memo field.

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15.0.40

Click a column to add additional sorting levels

While holding the Shift key, click a column header to sort the grid by that column. Click another column header to add another sort level.

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15.0.40

Exclude value in filter pane

To create an 'exclude' filter in the Filter sidebar, right click the value that you want to filter out.

For example: Show me all the defects that are not Low.

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15.0.40

Quick Filter

Right click a cell in the grid to filter by that field and value. For example: Filter all defects which are rejected.

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15.0.40

Cross Filter

Extend your filters with a cross filter. For example, you can filter tests designed by a team by selecting the Teams attribute in the Designer field.

Look out for the cross filter arrow icon alongside the attributes that support cross filtering.

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15.0.40

Quick grouping by selected field

Click a column's header menu and choose to group the grid by the selected field.

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15.0.40

Autofill

Create templates to reuse default field values.

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15.0.40

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts list is available in the help menu.

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15.0.40

Markdown in test script

Use markdown in your test script to emphasize text and display it in bold, italics, underline, or colors (red, green, blue).

The formatting is displayed in the visual editor and manual runner.

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15.0.40

Filter by multiple IDs

You can filter entities by multiple IDs using a separated-comma list.

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15.0.40

Drag to assign a BLI or a task

In Team backlog, you can assign a BLI or a task to a user by dragging a card to the team member in the Team tab on the right pane.

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15.0.40

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