Contour Roadmap - What's coming next?
Created on: Dec 18, 2007 1:27 PM by Support - Last Modified: Jan 17, 2010 10:23 PM by Derwyn Harris
Release 2.9 - January 18th
New Features
| Import | Enhancements include:
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| Reporting | Enhancements include:
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| System Information | Enhancements include: We have added a new systems page that provides a snapshot of the system Contour is running on as well as the ability to change the logging on the fly |
Resolved Defects
| BUG-880 | Date picker widget does not display date format as specified in system settings |
| BUG-657 | Session ID is periodically appended to email link |
| BUG-868 | Automatic version comments are not created for updates to multi-select fields |
| BUG-567 | Org Name Change does not automatically refresh Org Name in Header |
| BUG-875 | Custom Fields / Multi Select |
| BUG-905 | Import CSV displays error "Error trying to serialize path: [documentGroup.project.projectManage.avatar]" |
| BUG-926 | When relating an item that is already related, Contour does not inform the user. |
| BUG-883 | Item version compare screen transposes created by and modified by |
| BUG-936 | XML Tags text fields export incorrectly |
| BUG-923 | Velocity report randomly displays quotes as true quotes or as asci |
| BUG-903 | Word DOCX import skips text in Word fields |
| BUG-894 | Test and add support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 |
| BUG-943 | Delete permissions on comments no longer an option for administrators |
| BUG-938 | Batch Update does not update modifiedBy and modifiedDate fields |
| BUG-922 | It is not possible to search on just documentKey |
| BUG-825 | Subscribed to selected is not always available in menu when multiple items are selected in a grid view. |
| BUG-675 | Version compare displays HTML characters in some situations |
Release 2.8 - September 22nd
New Features
| Import | Enhancements include:
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| Collaboration Enhancements | Enhancements include:
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| Reporting Update |
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| Reading Pane | New view that displays requirements and other items in a reading pane / document view format with outline numbering.
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| Web Services v2 | Expanded web services with additional functions |
Release 2.7 - July 15th
New Features
| JIRA Connector | The JIRA Connector is an extra module that enables synchronization of items between Contour and JIRA |
| Performance Enhancements | In our efforts to continually improve performance we have added some enhancements to improve the initial load time of Contour |
Resolved Defects
| BUG-634 | BIRT Date field params should only provide one parameter instead of a range. Breaks reports that use data parameter. |
| BUG-638 | Time reference on activities and comments not effective past one day. Solution is to show actual date after first day. |
| BUG-641 | Filter indicator no longer shows filter applied to relationships |
| BUG-642 | First time login default project options |
| BUG-644 | visualView error when creating a relationship from the open relate panel. |
| BUG-574 | Velocity reports Utilities (text line feed conversion) |
Release 2.6 - May 18th
New Features
| Perspectives (architecture) | This is primarily an architecture change that will set the stage for creating different perspectives such as a QA perspective or an Analyst perspective. |
| Enhanced custom reports | The reports architecture in Contour has been simplified and enhanced. It is now possible to create your own Velocity reports and upload them to Contour. The main advantage of Velocity reports are the ability to report on context sensitive items like results from a filter, tags or release. |
| Enhanced notifications | Notification will be seeing some nice improvements over the next few releases. This release will include the ability to specify individual users during push notifications as well as see who is part of an email distribution group. |
| Release with relationships view | This will be a new view that displays releases and for each item in the release it's related downstream items |
| Multi Item type results grid | Currently when using search, tags, or release the results potentially span different types so the view only shows the most basic fields like id and name. This new grid will group the results by type so you can clearly see how many requirements vs test case where returned. |
Release 2.5.5 - February 26th
| Performance enhancements to drag-and-drop and copy project. Significantly faster for On-Demand customers. |
| Enhancement to suspect links for custom fields. |
Release 2.5.4 - February 11th
New Features
Print Impact Analysis and Trace Matrix | Added an option to view the Impact Analysis and Trace Matrix in a new window that can be printed or saved as a document. |
Resolved Defects
| BUG-371 | Search does not include Word or PDF. |
| BUG-367 | Relationship direction default should be "Downstream" |
| BUG-368 | When adding a set with no project select or Explorer selected error occurs. |
| BUG-211 | "Save" item updates existing version. On first "Save" a new version should be created. |
| BUG-382 | Some labels still read Forward or Backward rather than Downstream Upstream. |
| BUG-383 | Clean up Trace Matrix edit direction window to reflect correct terminology |
| BUG-378 | Download attachments with spaces downloads file but cuts of the name with extension. |
| BUG-381 | When creating a new organization no default relationship types were created |
Release 2.5.3 - February 3rd
Resolved Defects
| Indexing from root causes an error and index does not complete. This error is only for people using MS SQL Server. |
| Relationships on quick reports displays only upstream even when items are downstream. |
Release 2.5.2 - January 21th
New Features
Bi-direction Impact Analysis | The Impact Analysis will now show both downstream and upstream impact. |
Resolved Defects
| DEF-1336 | Editing Item Types with multiple rich text fields causes javascript error |
| DEF-1332 | Default settings for relationships ignores direction |
| DEF-1328 | SRS Quick report outputs quotes as †|
Release 2.5 - January 12th
New Features
Set Level Security Permissions | Users will be able to have rights to individual sets, rather than just the whole project. |
| Multi-Select Custom Field | You can add multi-select fields to items, set the order and define a default item. |
| Set as a Pick List Custom Field | Administrators can designate items in a set to be used as a pick list. |
| Configure Required Fields | Administrators can control which fields are required. |
| Trace Relationships Enhancements | The user interface of the trace relationships tab has been updated for a cleaner look. The ability to filter the relationships has been added. Administrators can add a Status field to the link itself. |
| Improved Impact Analysis | The complete degrees of separation and trace paths are displayed and can be filtered to show only certain paths. |
| Suspect Links Enhancement | Administrators can control which fields, when changed, trigger links to become suspect. |
| Activity Tracking | All activities within Contour are now tracked in a new tab titled "Activities". |
| Speed Enhancements | the performance speed of adding, editing and saving items has been significantly enhanced. |
| Export Grid to Excel | From any Type specific grid view there is a new Views menu option "Export to Excel" that will save the current set of data as an Excel document. |
| Quick Reports Enhancement | Quick reports can now be directly exported to Word. Options have been added to allow Tags and/or relationships to be included as part of the report. |
| SRS Quick Report | The "All Items Detail" quick report has been redesigned to produce an industry standard Software Requirement Specification (SRS). |
| Oracle Support | Contour will support Oracle in addition to the other databases listed. |
| BIRT upgrade | BIRT has been upgraded to the most current 2.3.1 |
Resolved Defects
| DEF-1035 | User pick list is showing everyone regardless of permissions. |
| DEF-1041 | Assigned field button on wrong side of box in Chrome and Safari. |
| DEF-1067 | Reports "System Spec Left Aligned with Detail" in .xls format throws exception. |
| DEF-1118 | Report issues with Oracle 10g. |
| DEF-1125 | Project settings caching old form. |
| DEF-1128 | Add item should pre-select folder in tree. |
| DEF-1136 | Items copied and copy project doesn’t have version and can’t be baselined. |
| DEF-1143 | Quick Reports - null relationship types appear. |
| DEF-1146 | Can’t delete copied project with an attachment. |
| DEF-1148 | New sets do not show up in filter list of sets. |
| DEF-1160 | Edit relationship from visual layout view fails. |
| DEF-1171 | Index tags so they can be used by Lucene syntax. |
| DEF-1174 | Login - remember me not working. |
| DEF-1176 | Add item - changing sets doesn’t refresh attributes for new set type. |
| DEF-1190 | Edit item and save - performance is too slow. |
| DEF-1203 | Delete from tree or grid - the delay is too long between prompt and completion. |
| DEF-1204 | IE 6 form issues. |
| DEF-1223 | Edit attachments is broken. |
| DEF-1224 | Relationships tab GUI polish needed. |
| DEF-1231 | Can’t clear selection when all items are selected. |
| DEF-1256 | Permission denied error when edit multiple items with FCK editor. |
| DEF-1257 | Configure sets - field of type text doesn’t populate the select text type in the edit popup. |
| DEF-1269 | Filter multi-select pop up needs to select item with double-click. |
| DEF-1281 | Close relate panel shows expandable bar that won’t open. |
Release 2.4.4 - 10/31/2008 - 20:00 PST
Resolved Defects
CSV Import button broken on some Sets | This only happens when a Set has a date field set as read only |
Unable to configure LDAP | When trying to configure the LDAP an error would display |
Release 2.4.3 - 10/23/2008 - 20:00 PST
Resolved Defects
Edit ID does not refresh | If the ability to edit the Id is turned on it would not refresh when switching projects. |
Release not refreshed when switching projects | Releases are different between project and therefore the release drop down in an item should change when switching between projects. |
Release 2.4.2 - 10/7/2008 - 20:00 PST
Resolved Defects
Folder disappears | This happened when editing a folder after adding an item to the same folder |
Sub-items grid not refreshing | When double clicking on a folder in a grid to open the folder. The folder sub-items did not refresh or load |
Editing a baseline not correctly editing | When editing a baseline the system was removing the baseline and creating a new one. The system should just edit the current baseline |
Delete Pick List | Unable to delete a pick list value from the system |
Folder not selected when saving Item | When committing a new item the system prompts for the location. This would always default to the root of the Set, it should default to the folder selected in the application |
Empty Folder changes icon when empty | When removing items from a folder when the last item is removed the icon of the folder would change. It should stay a folder icon |
Release 2.4.1 - 9/22/2008 - 20:00 PST
New Features
Copy Folder | Copying a folder will now copy all of the items within the folder (check box option to skip this feature). |
Google Chrome Compatibility | While some small UI bugs are still there, functionality is solid. |
Safari Compatibility | We are working out some kinks with the FCKeditor implementation. |
Resolved Defects
2.4 Bugs Addressed | Many bugs that were introduced by 2.4 are addressed in this update. This includes a bug with upgrading from 2.2.1 using MS SQL Server. |
Release 2.4 - August 31, 2008
New Features in Contour v2.4
Usability Enhancements | After you first load the form for an item to edit we are now caching this which will significantly increase speed and efficiency |
Filter Explorer | Filters can now be applied to the Explorer tree |
Security Inheritance | Setting up security is much easier now with the ability for roles to inherit from its parent |
Project Dashboard | There is now a dashboard that gives immediate information regarding that project |
Notification subject clarification | The notifications either via push or subscription now include a subject line that is more informative |
New Report Parameter | Baseline reporting with 2 parameters available for comparisons |
Get a preview of the new release, watch the Contour v2.4 what's new video
Alessandro
says:
Derwyn,
When this version (Release 2.2.1 - March 18, 2008) will be public for download?
The current version is the 2.2.0
Cheers,
Alessandro.
Derwyn,
Other than the descriptions above (Roadmap) does the 2.0.3 upgrade contain any documentation describing the the updates such as a Release Notes. I don't see anything included in the zip. I'm still finding my way around the app and your website. Appreciate the help.
Dave Murphy