Release Notes
Optimal Trace™Server Version 5.0
August 2007
Installation of Optimal Trace™Server
V5.0
Uninstall Optimal Trace™Server 5.0
Import from Word and Text Files.
The new Optimal Trace Word import feature
provides the following capability:
Introduction
of Simple Requirements and Items
Support
for Package Level Custom Property Definition
System Requirements for Optimal Trace™Server:
- Pentium 3-class
processor or equivalent
-
512
MB of RAM (minimum)
- 250 MB of
available hard disk space
- Microsoft
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003
Server
-
Adobe
Acrobat Reader for Optimal TraceTM
Server Help Files
-
MySQL
Version 4.1, MySql 5.0 (5.0.37), Oracle 9i (Release 1, Release 2), Oracle 10g
(Release 2), Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2000 (SP3), Microsoft SQL Server
Enterprise 2005
Optimal Trace™Server has not been tested to run on Windows 95, and is
not supported on this platform.
Optimal Trace™Server has not been tested to run on Windows NT 4.1, and is
not supported on this platform.
For the full matrix of supported platforms and tools, please see the
Optimal Trace 'Supported Environments' link here: http://frontline.compuware.com/products/ci/24625.asp.
-
Ensure
you have at least 250 MB of available disk space
-
Ensure
you have uninstalled any previous releases of Optimal Trace™Server (See next
section for details)
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Run the Optimal Trace_Server.exe file to install.
-
Refer to Optimal Trace™Server V5.0 Help file for
installation instructions and migration from Optimal Trace 4.1.
- On the Start
menu select Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs
-
Select
Optimal TraceTM Server
and press the Add/Remove... button.
Never uninstall by
just deleting files. This may prevent future installations of Optimal
Trace™Server from working.
Note: Uninstalling Optimal
Trace™Server will leave database files on your hard disk. This allows you to
preserve any previously created project data if migrating to a new version of
Optimal Trace™Server.
Highlights
of the release include:
·
Support for Simple and Item
list type requirements.
·
Greater flexibility in defining
custom properties for different parts of a project.
·
Integrated
Spell Checking
·
Import
from text files, and MS Word Documents
·
Support
for MySql 5.0
·
Support
for Oracle 10G
Version
5.0 is the latest release of Optimal Trace Enterprise/Server, the market
leading Business Requirements Management solution.
The
core themes of 5.0 are:
Ř
Supporting deployments where a
large body of existing documentation exists in MS Word and spreadsheets etc.
This is catered for by provision of a comprehensive embedded mark-up utility in
word and structured text file (CSV etc.) import.
Ř
Supporting Hybrid Project
approaches - Combining the benefits of ‘Structured’ Requirements with ‘Simple'
Requirements. These are designed to accommodate more assertion or flat
requirements styles.
Ř
Supporting infinite levels of
structural customization on projects & project templates. This is
facilitated by extending custom property definition from the project level down
to the package (group) level.
Ř
A number of key usage and currency
enhancements that ensure that Optimal Trace is best of breed for requirements
capture and management.
OT 5.0 offers complete structural freedom to
link all forms of requirements (simple/flat/assertion based) to 'goal-directed'
requirements that reflect business intent.
OT 5.0 carries on in the OT tradition of
emphasizing ease of use (& ease of deployment) while at the same time
offering the most flexible approach to creating projects that meet your unique
needs.
§
An
embedded wizard within your word docs for explicit mark up and selection of
areas for import
§
Ability
to import into any project element, e.g.: Import to Glossary, Structured
Requirement etc.
§
Ability
to dynamically find similar areas based on selected area. This is particularly
useful when dealing with tables and repeated areas of a similar format and/or
style etc. where consistency of format in the word document is not guaranteed
§
Ability
to preview and merge into an active project such that additions/modifications
can be reviewed prior to merging into the loaded project.
5.0 also delivers a
second facility for importing data
from a text file into a selected project.
Text files to import
should have data arranged in fields or columns, with each field delimited by a
special character such as a comma.
Microsoft Excel CSV (comma separated value) files are saved in this
format, and so this feature is ideal for importing spreadsheet data.
Each row in the file is
imported as a new project element. Similar to word import this facility allows
any element types to be populated.
Finally, 'Maps' may be
created for repeated import. These hold information regarding what columns are
mapped to what Optimal Trace fields.
Optimal Trace
already emphasizes the importance of Requirements Structure fostering a
Requirements Driven approach to Testing and all aspects of the software
lifecycle.
Extending this, 5.0
now introduces a new construct called 'Simple Requirements'.
Simple Requirements
can be used to capture a more 'flat/assertion' style of requirement augmenting
the structured flow requirement style. Simple Requirements comprise lists of
Requirement Items, consider these as sub-requirements. These Items can be
associated through Refinement with more detailed Structured Requirements.
Some examples of
usage scenarios for Simple Requirements/Items are:
§
High
level marketing, product management and other 'flat' feature style requirements
types where flow structure is not necessary and where a tabular structure is
more suited
§
Business
Rules where certain system wide rules apply to many structured requirements
§
Data
oriented requirements where the need exists to specific format & validation
information in a tabular fashion
Optimal Trace has
always provided an extensive capability to customize project structure. This
has meant that unlimited sets of additional fields were definable at project
level and shared across the project.
5.0 now provides
complete flexibility in project structure by extending custom property
definition down to the package level. This means that Structured Requirements
and Simple Requirements now can 'own' their own custom fields in the context of
the current package.
For example now
'flat' style requirements categories such as performance etc. may have custom
fields such as; 'Average Throughput', 'Peak Throughput', 'Concurrent Users'
etc. defined, whereas other 'flat' style requirements in the same project may
have different properties.
Key capabilities
include:
§
An
ability to apply different definitions to different packages
§
An
ability to 'inherit' Custom Property definitions from the parent package
§
An
ability to lock down package level definitions (for secure projects) in the
administration tool.
Other
key highlights of this release include:
q
Provision
of Spell Check
q
Extensions
to Test Generation covering inclusion of refinement relationships and carry
over of custom property values
q
Option
to Generate Clean Word Docs without hidden mark-up (non-reversible)
q
Ability
to run Silent Install
q
Ability
to delete log files by project (doc gen. and history files) from the admin tool
q
Ability
to set permissions on Custom Property creation and structural modification from
the admin tool
q
Certified
Citrix Support
q
Support
for Oracle 10g
q
Support
for MySQL 5.0 Community Edition
q
Support
for MS Word 2007
Issue 6339
Empty database
doesn't get migrated: If your Optimal Trace 3.1/4.0/4.1 database doesn't
contain any data, when you start Optimal Trace Server 5.0, the database schema
doesn't get migrated and you will get errors.
Workaround: If your
3.1/4.0/4.1 database is empty, simply remove it and install the Optimal Trace
5.0 database directly.
Issue 6837
Searching the Repository on MSSQLServer seems very memory intensive: Searching data
in MSSQLServer 2000 uses up a lot of memory and can cause MSSQLServer to crash.
Workaround: You can disable users searching the repository on
MSSQLServer by setting the 'allowSQLServerReposSearch' to 'false' in
server.properties. Stop and restart the Optimal Trace Server for this setting
to take effect.
For all technical
problems and support queries, please logon to frontline at http://frontline.compuware.com/products/ci/. Frontline contains the Optimal Trace forum as
well as a FAQ area. Additionally, full up to date release information and
contact numbers are provided. Optimal Trace Support can be contacted on 1-800-538-7822.
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