Product Update: QACube Version 5.0

Version 5.0 of the QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps includes several important updates. The design of the platform has been significantly improved to make it easier to navigate and provide a seamless user flow. This includes a complete redesign of all report pages, different color themes to choose from, the elimination of the component switch and a completely restructured menu. Among the most important new features is a new home page that provides quick access to our favorite work items and pages. Finally, we have redesigned the status report with multiple widgets, the ability to add each widget multiple times, and an option to download the report as an image file. Let’s take a closer look at the full range of new features our team has prepared for the new release.

1. General design improvements1. General design improvements

Multiple different skins to choose from in user settings

New home page containing "My Favorite Work Items" and "My Favorite Pages" 

Single work item chooser for all sections of QACube reports to improve usability

Work item choosers are now on separate pages, redesigned and enriched with the possibility of adding items to "My Favorites"

2. Main menu overhaul2. Main menu overhaul

Redesign of all data reporting pages for better navigation

Reorganization of the menus and removal of unnecessary components for improved user interaction

QACube report pages are now organized into 7 sections for every work item type:

- Cockpit

- Dashboard

- Plan

Development

Test

Operations

Status Report

Cockpit page improvements

New and improved Cockpit pages for every work item type displaying the most important metrics grouped by sections (Plan, Releases, Development, Test, and Operation)

Analytics section introduction

KPI component renamed to „Analytics“

Still available in the main menu before choosing a work item

Dashboard page improvements

Users now have the possibility to set any custom status report as a dashboard page 

Plan section introduction

The new "Plan" section allows user to keep track of all relevant data during the planning phase of application development


The "Plan" section now contains the following QACube pages:

"Progress Core Data" (enhanced with the filter for entity type) 

"Requirements Core Data"

"Tasks Core Data"

"Impact" (containing graphics of the relationships between applications, projects, releases and the requirements that belong to them) 

"Milestones Core Data" – new core data page with possibility to display and manage milestones 

"Risks Core Data" - new core data page with the possibility to display and manage risks

Development section introduction

The "Development" section allows users to keep track of all relevant data during the coding phase of application development.


It now contains the following QACube pages:

"Code Core Data"

"Affected files"

Test section introduction

The "Test" section allows users to keep track of all relevant data during the testing phase of the application lifecycle.


The "Test" section now contains the following QACube pages:

"Test Cases Core Data"

"Execution Lists Core Data"

"Defects Core Data"

Operations section introduction

The "Operations" section allows users to keep track of all relevant data during the OPS phase of the application lifecycle.


The "Operations" section now contains the following QACube pages:

"RFC Core Data"

"Incidents Core Data"

"Problems Core Data"

Status report page improvements

Status report page has been redesigned and enhanced with the following elements:

Added possibility to save a Status Report as an image file

Added new "Requirement Matrix" widget 

"Execution Count" widget redesigned and enhanced with an option to also show the execution duration history 

Added possibility to choose date ranges for snapshot in the "Requirements Sunburst" widget

Multiple redesign of the widgets including "Risk Overview", "QAMI", "Code Sunburst", "Defect Duration", "Build Volume", "Deployment Volume", "Change Overview", "Ticketing Overview", "Development Performance", "Requirement Status Bullet Chart", "Pie Bar", "Defect Overview", "Requirements Overview", "Test Cases Overview", "Progress Time Series", "QA Time Series", "Code Time Series"

Easy adding of widget and release switch improvements 

Possibility to add any widget multiple times

Added a button for scrolling back to top

Release radar introduction

"Release Dasboard" page has been renamed to "Release Radar" with complete redesign and multiple improvements:

Repositioning of the filters

Added drill-down possibility to applications/projects Cockpit pages

Added "Basic evidence" tile

Improved logic for dynamic filtering

Added possibility to switch between basic, trend, and history view

Enhanced "Comment QM" section

Removed applications/projects switch and added automatic choice of the release type according to previous selection in the chooser page

3. Other updates for QACube 5.0 Reporting3. Other updates for QACube 5.0 Reporting

The selected work item settings ("Application Settings", "Project Settings", "Release Settings" etc.) are now easier to reach from every page of QACube

"Breadcrumbs" have been added for easier navigation and visibility of the selected work item

Users can now find info about a selected release, environment, and last data updates in every QACube page 

Users now have the possibility to return to the home page by clicking on the QACube logo from any place in the application including "Platform"

"Toggle filters" feature in user settings has been enhanced and now offers the possibility to select up to 4 filters to be shown on "Projects", "Applications", and "Releases" 

4. Updates for QACube 5.0 Platform4. Updates for QACube 5.0 Platform

Added possibility to change the labels of the existing defect statuses that will appear in every QACube defect report 

Added default colors for defect statuses in "Codebook"

Added possibility to import Test Level property from testing tools via Tosca, Jira, QC, and qTest importers

Product Update: QACube Version 4.6

The QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.6 release has new updates that provide the users with more freedom over data presentation and control. New features include creating, saving and loading templates. These templates allow users to control what data they see in accordance to their specific needs. Release Dashboard brings new pagination control, which allows users to control the number of applications visible on the Stage Details section of the Release Dashboard. Structured Defects widget on the Status Report is enhanced with new details available, which can be set in the widget’s options.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Release Dashboard Stage Management

New features in Stage Management allow loading and saving templates. This enables a user to:

Create stages that show data specific to their needs

Create more templates and remove them according to their wishes.

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Structured Defects Widget Enhancements

The Structured Defects Widget has been enhanced with some new features. These features allow a user to:


Filter data by status, severity, and priority.

Deactivate paging functionality

Show all defects for all different groups.


Release Dashboard Pagination Option

The pagination option on the Release Dashboard Page enables:

A cleaner view of the Release Dashboard Page

Control over how many applications are visible in the Stage Details Section.

Tosca Native Importer Support for MSSQL

Tosca Native Importer now supports MSSQL

This feature adds more security while working with databases.

Product Update: QACube Version 4.5

The new QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.5 release updates introduce new features on the Platform and Testing Component. The new release offers various possibilities in terms of archiving, Release Dashboard data viewing and measuring and more. Also, there is a new widget available - Structured Defects.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Risk Archiving

A user can now archive risks on the Risk Management page. This feature provides:

a better overview of active risks

selective archiving for improved history management.

Gitlab New Functions

Gitlab can now import file structure for a specific Gitlab connection. 

This enables a user to see the imported Gitlab file structure on the Affected Files and Code Core Page in the Development Component.

Testing ComponentTesting Component

New Structured Defects Widget

This widget represents the defects details grouped and aggregated by clusters. With this widget, a user can:

automatically import all details, assigned to a specific release.

aggregate/consolidate defects in an overview at the level of the previously determined node.

Unit Test Cases

A new tile is available on the Release Dashboard page for Applications. A user can see:

more details for the specific application and its unit test cases and related Sonar metrics

aggregated information in the Overview section.

Create RFC Portfolio

If the Active RFC filter is activated, a user can create and RFC Portfolio. 

This enables users to create a specific portfolio for RFC.

Measuring Tool on the Release Dashboard

Release Manager, Quality Manager, and Test Manager can use this tool for the answers that are not given on the Release Dashboard. With this feature: 

QACube makes a difference between pending data and data that is not provided.

Export Functionality of the Release Dashboard

This feature splits the questionnaire information into separated columns. It allows a user to:

sort the exported questionnaire information into an Excel spreadsheet

filter the exported questionnaire information into an Excel spreadsheet.

Product Update: QACube Version 4.4

The new QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.4 release has major changes in several components. It introduces new functions on the Testing Component, Release Dashboard page, such as Dynamic Filtering, and new segments in the Overview section. The improvements on the KPI Component allow a user to have better overview of the information as well as more control over who can access Wheels. On the Platform Component, new features include additional Custom columns for certain importers, new Jira authentication method, new metrics, to name a few.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Jira Authentication oAuth

A user can now log in on Jira over Jira Importer and Rest API via token. This provides:

advanced authentication

a choice for users depending on their preferences.

SonarQube New Metrics

There are additional metrics in SonarQube which help the user:

get more information from the new metrics

get a better outlook of the code and its details.

RFC Importer Status

The new Moved status is added so a user can see:

the RFCs from the penultimate import in this new status.

Gitlab Project Identification

The new way to identify a project in Gitlab provides:

a more precise way of identifying the Gitlab project

two options for user to choose from, to  select the target project.

Source Data Quality Page Improvement

The SDQ page will now show only the information related to the current Job instance on the Activity Cockpit page. This provides a user with:

easy access to the information related only to the selected Job

a more user-friendly experience.

Importers Improvement with 30 Custom Fields

Some importers now allow up to 30 custom fields to be added in the Component Management page. This way a user can:

add more information, if necessary

control which custom fields to display and which to hide on the corresponding page.

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Release Dashboard Overview Changes

The overview has been improved with new category and better data representation. This change allows:

New section: Missing

Questionnaire and Basic Evidence data are now shown in Warnings, Issues and Missing sections.

Release Dashboard Dynamic Filtering

The new Dynamic Filtering is available in the Filters menu on the Release dashboard page. A user can now filter:

Without PRV: drop the PRV test cases, as is done in Release Overview Widget

< 50% Progress: an exemplary filter - based on the carried out executions; it can be assessed whether less than 50% were executed per application.

Questionnaire Widget for Release Status Report Improvements

The questionnaire widget has been improved with better filters (SLM/TM/QM, Pending answers), new columns (timestamp, user). These improvements allow:

more information available

easier filtering and access to the information relevant to the user.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

Hide KPI Wheel

The new option allows a user to hide the KPI wheels in the new User Access option in the Actions column. The user can:

hide the wheels from the Wheel page

control which users have access to certain wheels.

Alphabetical Sorting of Structure Elements

The structure elements, parent and children nods, are now sorted alphabetically. This provides:

better control of the elements

a quicker way to find specific elements.

Reorder Wheels Functionality

A user can now reorder tabs with wheels. This way:

they can be rearranged by personal prioritization

a better overview is enabled and access to the most often used wheels.

Product Update: QACube Version 4.3

The new QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.3 release has  some key changes for better performance. On the QACube Platform, Management of applications, projects, and their releases provide more control in the archiving option. The user can also see who created Milestones and Risks. On the Testing Component, there are some new features for widgets, and two new widgets, Code Quality Widget and Core Data Widget, are available.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Management Page – Applications

A user can now archive Applications and Application Releases. This provides: 

A better overview of active applications and application releases on the Status Report

A selective archiving for improved history management.

Management Page – Projects

A user can now archive Projects and Project Releases. This option brings:

A better overview of active projects and project releases on the Status Report

A selective archiving for improved history management.

Management Page – Milestones

A user can now see who created a milestone in the new Created by column. It gives the user:

A complete overview of created milestones

An easy access to specific milestones based on this new feature.

Management Page – Risks

A user can now see who created a risk in the new Created by column. It provides:

A complete overview of created risks

An easy access to specific risks based on this new feature.

Management Milestones – Child Milestone

Dependency Milestones are moved as a child milestone of the dependent milestone. The user can:

Have a better overview of the milestones and their relationship

See that the milestones are not duplicated.

DB to DB Connection in Repository Connections

There is a new Repository Connection available.

A user can now add and import connections via DB to DB connection. 

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Code Quality Widget

There is a new widget available on Status Report.

A user can observe Sonar quality information grouped by applications and corresponding data sets for these applications.

Core Data Widget

A new widget is available on Status Report.

Users can see core data of the testing component.

The widget can be added multiple times for different entity types (Requirement, Test Case, Execution List, Defect).

Questionnaire Widget for Release and Portfolio Status Report – Filter Table

A user can now filter the table by Test Manager (TM). This option enables:

Easier filtering for users

A better overview based on this feature.


Timeline Widget - Current Date Line

The current date is clearly visible in the widget, represented with the red line.

Now, a user can see the red line which indicates today’s date

The time span on the brush is saved after reloading and is always positioned to include the current date.

Product Update: QACube Version 4.2

The new QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.2 release has major changes in all components. It introduces Basic Evidence import via Excel and DBtoDB importer which help the user to import desired data more easily. The new release offers various new features, such as new information being displayed on Operations and Development component regarding the Applications, Test Cycle, Basic evidence, etc.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Improved Notifications

Licensing notification is enhanced.

The user can see when the license will expire and that it needs to be renewed by that date.

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Current Date Line on Time Series Widgets

The current date is clearly visible in the widgets, represented with the grey line.

Now the user can see the grey line which indicates today’s date.

The time span on the brush is saved after reloading and always positioned to include the current date.

Timeline Widget Enhanced with Application/Project Milestones

Application and Project milestones can now be seen in detail in the widget.

The user is able to see milestones for projects and applications, as well as releases.

The application and project are indicated with (APP) and (PROJ) next to their names.

New Evidence Importer as Part of Excel Importer

There is a new feature of Excel Importer.

The user can import new data using excel template provided.

Release Dashboard New Column – Basic Evidence

The data collected with Evidence importer is presented in the Release Dashboard.

The user can see a detailed visual of evidence acceptance.

Development ComponentDevelopment Component

New Information Visible in the Application Tiles on the Start Page

The user can now see more information about the application.

The user can see the information about the Release, the Environment, and percentage of progress completion in one place.

Operations ComponentOperations Component

New Information Visible in the Application Tiles on the Start Page

The user can now see more information about the application.

More information is available in the Application tile, such as Environment and Release.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

KPI Metric Settings: More Space for Description

The description field is enlarged.

The user has better readability of what is in the description.

The user can resize the description window to fit the text.

KPI Recalculation Notification

The user is now notified when a recalculation of metrics and wheels is necessary.

The user has a constant reminder that the recalculations are needed when leaving the configuration page.

Upon clicking on the notification, the user gets redirected to the page where the recalculations of either metrics or wheel are necessary.

Level Insights Page Redesigned

The page is now more user-friendly.

The page has better readability.

The checkboxes are visible.

Product Update: QACube Version 4.0

The new QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps 4.0 release has major changes in all components. It introduces Master Objects in the Platform and a new document-oriented database which enables quick retrieval and data import. The new release offers various possibilities in terms of seeing the history of all metrics and maturity levels of the selected KPIs instantly in one place. Also, there are new options for user groups creation, improvements across various displays and metrics, and the Status Report enhancements. All QACube components now bring even more flexibility and advanced insights and analytics for the users, in the form of compelling and easy-to-digest reports and visuals.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Introducing the New Master Object Entity

Master Object is a new facility in QACube applications. 

Master Object can be of application type or project type. Depending on the type, we can associate Master Object with datasets of the same type from various sources. This allows the user to see the data and metrics from different applications/ projects of the same or different source within a single object.

Also, we can make one Report for all merged datasets.

Mapping Master Objects to Structure

We can map a Master Object to a structure node. 

Once the desired structure is selected, its node tree will appear in the panel on the left, and the list of all available mapping entities will appear in the panel on the right.

There is an option to map either projects or applications to the selected structure, but not both at the same time.

For that reason, a drop-down menu at the top of the right-side panel allows a selection of the projects or applications exclusively.

ElasticSearch and Jira Incremental Import

As an initial point in building data lake, QACube introduced an ElasticSearch instance in its architecture. 

ElasticSearch is an ultra-fast, document-oriented database, very suitable for intermediate storage of data imported into QACube.

By utilizing ElasticSearch, QACube is capable of quickly retrieving a large amount of data from the source system and incremental import into QACube relational database.

Users Groups in the Management Section

On this page system admins and supervisors can create user groups. The table has three columns: Name, Description, and Actions.

With Users groups, we assign rights to the User group faster and easier.

Archiving Datasets

The Archive option can be found in the Action column of Dataset in Datasets page

A user with the role of Systemadmin or Supervisor can archive a dataset.

Once the dataset is archived, the Status column of the dataset will contain the Archived information.

New Metric "Defect Duration" in Days for Top Priority Defects is Added

Defect Duration shows the average duration of defects from the moment of their creation date until their closing date (the duration is shown in days)

It tells the user how fast the reaction is to the appearance of the defect and its fix.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

KPI Wheel History Charts

The History bar charts in the KPI Wheel Start page appear immediately, without having to select any wheel element.

A user can see the metric maturity level history already with the initial page load.

It is possible to see the history of all metrics of the selected wheel in parallel and in a single place.

Global Search of the Structure Nodes

Global search can now retrieve the structure nodes based on the entered External ID of the node.

Besides using the name or the person in charge, a user can now easily find the desired structure element by entering the External ID of the searched structure node.

Sparklines with Maturity Level History in the KPI Wheel Compare Page

Added possibility to see the history of the metric maturity levels in the KPI Wheel Compare page.

There is now a possibility to see the history of the last six recorded metric maturity levels in a form of a sparkline bar chart for each individual metric cell in the KPI Wheel Compare page table.

KPI Wheels with Pre-aggregated Data

Added possibility to display KPI Wheel with pre-aggregated metrics data in all pages of KPI Wheel section.

A user can now choose to have all the data pre-calculated and imported to the KPI Wheel as such. This option provides more flexibility if there is a need for special kind of metric aggregation that is not already available in QACube.

Export to Excel File Functionality in Detailed View of KPI Wheel Metrics

The Export functionality of the tree table from the Detailed View page is improved in multiple ways to help users make the best of the exported data sheet. 

It is now also possible to export the filtered results from the Detailed View tree grid. Export can support filtering applied in any column filter of the tree table and the advanced filtering as well. 

The export of the tree table now provides the display of the parent structure elements in multiple columns. 

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Release Dashboard Improvements

Now the user can show orange exclamation mark for the defined orange thresholds. With this option, the user can make a difference between warnings and issues.

There is a possibility of filtering data by warnings and issues. This helps the user to easily locate applications and projects with some problems.

Release Dashboard page has been enhanced with additional information about Moved RFCs (Request for Change). We need to get informed once an RFC gets shifted to another release or an RFC was added to the current release. 

We are checking daily RFC fluctuations with this new status.

There is also an additional overview of information about all different types of RFCs and the possibility to filter data from the Release Dashboard using RFC filters.

Contribution Widget with Requirement Details

Contribution widget is improved by an option to display the requirement details. This enables the user to: 

select the specific and the most important requirements and represent only their data into the contribution chart.

see the requirement information like a name, number of the test cases which are attached to the requirement, requirement’s contribution, and priority.

Master Improvements

The Start page displays master applications or projects and corresponding core information for all datasets related to these master objects.   

The New chooser allows the user to select more different combinations of releases and environments. As the result of this new operation, QACube represents data for different combinations of releases and environments for different applications and projects.   

Operations ComponentOperations Component

Ticketing and Changes Overview in Status Report

Status Report now has the option of including Ticketing and Changes Overview Reports as possible widgets. 

Ticketing Overview helps the user to find out useful information about:

Mean Time to Resolve

Quality of Incident Resolution

Speed of Problem Resolution

Quality of Problem Resolution


Changes Overview helps the user to find out about this information:

Quality of Planning I (Change Information without Delivery)

Quality of Planning II (Delivery without Change Data)

Quality of Reliability

Quality of Timeline Compliance


Development ComponentDevelopment Component

Development Widgets in Status Report with New Metrics

Status Report is enhanced with three new Development widgets important for the developers’ daily work. 

Deployment Volume widget has three metrics that represent the average daily number of deployment executions and the percentage/number of successful/failed executions. 

Deployment Speed is the widget with three metrics. Every metric selects data from Jenkins imported measurement, where there is a successful build job. 

The widget Development Performance shows four different metrics from Gitlab/Github imported measurement:  

Total number of commits for the selected date range  

Average number of commits per day  

Average number of authors per day  

Total number of merge requests for selected date range  

Threshold values will be automatically calculated using setup values for commits, authors and merge requests.  

Affected Files are Marked in the Structure

The requirements in the structure, whose changes affect more than one file in the QACube application, are highlighted. With this option, the user can:  

find out easily the list of the changed requirements in the File Structure 

figure out impact of this change to the whole application through the list of affected files

Product Update: QACube Version 3.4

The new release 3.4 of the QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps has major changes and improvements, mainly in the KPI Component.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

Sticky Notes

Sometimes, data behaviour needs explanation. QACube Sticky Notes allow you to:

Directly add a comment in the Historical Chart for everyone to see

Improvements in Usability

Improvements in usability facilitate the use of QACube

Users can save a default structure that will be displayed when opening QACube

Users can save settings (last selection of the structure, structure node and View tab) and continue work in the same place before being logged out or switching the component

The new structure is user-friendly and allows at-a-glance view of the blue levels where the data is available

The View tabs can be moved into the desired position with drag and drop 

Introduction of ‘YES / NO’ Metrics

Some metrics are of ‘YES or NO’ type instead of the arbitrary values, e.g. “Has there been a security breach in the first week after GoLive?”

Metrics of ‘YES or NO’ type are automatically recognised by QACube and the configuration settings change accordingly.

Metric frequency can now also be set to quarterly for all types of metrics

Level Insight View

Clicking on a value allows drill-down to the details of the respective value

Clicking on the structure element on top of a column lets the user jump directly to the next lower level of hierarchical structure

KPI Wheel: The Wheel

The KPI Wheel offers a brand-new possibility to display maturity levels in different areas across an organisation.

Metrics can be fact-based, automatically loaded from other sources, or gathered from the organization using questionnaires

The wheel shows dimensions, areas, themes, and their underlying metrics on every level within the structure 

KPI Wheel: Questionnaire

For each KPI Wheel a questionnaire can be defined, which is afterwards sent as a link to each party who should answer the questions 

Questionnaires can be sent out regularly to gather answers over time

KPI Wheel: Historical Charts

Historical Charts show the change over time for each metric

Charts can be displayed for any level within the structure

KPI Wheel: Compare Maturity Levels

Compare metrics of different structural elements (e.g. teams or applications) and an at-a-glance view of the difference between their maturity levels.

KPI Wheel: Detailed View

See details of each metric in the table view for each structural element

Use Advanced Filters to search for specific metrics or e.g. for maturity level values that are < 4.0

Excel Export allows the user to export the table and do any additional modification they like with the given data

New Internal Metrics

Additional 12 metrics from the Testing Component are now available in the KPI Component and can be combined with any of the KPI Views or KPI Wheels.

Product Update: QACube Version 3.2

The new release 3.2 of QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps has major changes in all components. With this release, an entirely new component Operations has been introduced that allows you to display incidents and problem tickets from your service tools.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

New KPI Page - Level Insights

This new view allows users to observe and compare all metric, KPI, and characteristic statuses in a table form among structure nodes of the same level.

Possibility to display only the characteristics, or only the characteristics and KPIs, without going into metric details

Possibility to display only the alarming (red) data

Customer-Definable KPI Views

Customers can define their own views of their KPIs.

Each view is a separate tab that can be restricted for users in order to allow access to confidential data to the selected users only

Do you have to display confidential KPIs? For each view, user access can be individually restricted in the KPI component settings

Flexible Calculation Methods for Traffic Lights

Customers can define which calculation method and which thresholds they want to use for the traffic light colours

Selection between “RAG” and “at least one” method allows flexibility when adjusting the severity of the traffic light colours from green to red

Metric Import Results Visible in Source Data Quality

Source Data Quality has been enhanced with metric import information to ensure clean data quality

Treemap View for Individual Metrics

The Treemap View now has the possibility to show the Traffic Light Status for specific characteristics, KPIs or metrics

Testing ComponentTesting Component

New Heartbeat

The old beta version of the Heartbeat has been completely redesigned and enhanced with a new functionality

Usability of the Heartbeat was the top priority and updates have been made to make it as easy as possible to use the Heartbeat

Preset filters allow to quickly analyse the Test Case repository to find which Test Cases need cleanup

Structure Treemap with Detailed Defect View

The structure view for Defects has been enhanced with a table and a gauge chart to display additional Defect details on each selected structure level

NEW Operations ComponentNEW Operations Component

Operations - Start Page

With our Operations Component, we 'close the gap' and provide a holistic DevOps end-to-end view. We support ITIL-standards by integrating incident, problem and change management. The new navigation reflects the differentiation between Data (Cockpit) and Metrics (Dashboard).

The Start Page shows an overview of all impacted applications. Data imported from different sources is mapped to the associated application.

Application tiles with detailed information

One-click navigation

Gauges for quick evaluation

Operations - Cockpit

The Cockpit provides you with a simple and understandable graphical status (open, closed, etc.) and the corresponding history of tickets, change requests and more.

Quick filters

Date range selection

Simple and easy-to-understand

Operations – Dashboard

The Dashboard provides a quick interpretation of the ‘state of health’ by theme (e.g. ticketing). The traffic light gauges show status.

The Executive Summary shows metrics in a comprehensive way by using meaningful sentences.

Direct link to the causative elements (filtered elements in core data)

At-a-glance overview of open issues

Gauges for quick evaluation of the underlying metrics

Operations - Core Data

From the point of view of 'continuing well-established views' QACube Operations Component provides again the list of all imported basic elements for analysis in core data.

Fading in and out of columns

Export to Excel

Icon colors matching the status

Core data by topic

Development ComponentDevelopment Component

See All the Files Affected by a Change

Right after having source code checked in the Source Code Sunburst, all the files per requirement that have been affected by the change are shown.

Highlighted areas represent the spread of changes across the application, indicating risks and complexity of testing.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

New Importers for Test Tools

New qTest and Azure DevOps importers support testing activities and their integration into well-known standardized reporting. 

qTest

Azure DevOps


New Importers for Service Desk Tools

Importers for widely-used service desk tools allow to import incidents and problems to support ITIL processes.

Service Now

Jira Service Desk

Zendesk

Freshservice

Product Update: QACube Version 3.0

The QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps has taken another big step forward with the new release of QACube 3.0, by adding an entirely new component to display metrics and KPIs, their history and trends. The newly implemented structure functionality allows companies to use organizational, process, or other structures to view their data besides the existing Project, Application, Portfolio and Release Views. Development Component got an easy-to-configure Dashboard View, while Platform Component has invested effort in Importer enhancements.

KPI ComponentKPI Component

Get Transparency on your Company’s Product Health

Aggregated view of metrics and KPIs on any level of an organization, business process, product level or other structure.

At-a-glance indication of current status with traffic lights on KPIs.

High-level overview for management levels.

Detailed Information on Data

Drill-down functionality to detailed view for application responsible persons and other interested stakeholders.

Historical and Trend Charts

Historical Line Charts to display historical and current data, and whether they are hitting a threshold.

Trend Charts to track long term progress of metrics.

State-of-the-Art Navigation

The Treemap Drill-Down is another way to navigate through the structure levels and see aggregated metrics and KPI Traffic Lights.

An Intelligent Search allows to jump easily to the level in the navigation structure you’re interested in.

KPI Configuration

The KPI Configuration allows to add new KPIs and metrics and configure them accordingly.

Add and edit KPIs, set thresholds and weights. 

Add and edit metrics, set thresholds, moving history average period and weights. 

Testing ComponentTesting Component

Drill-Down Functionality in Public Status Report

All widgets that offer drill-down in widgets of the Status Report have now also the drill-down possibility for Public Reports.

Enhanced Structure View

The Structure View on the Start Page is now also available for Defect View.

The Structure Treemap was enhanced to display the numbers in the Treemap sections.

From the Structure Treemap a Status Report can directly be created and the selected Structure View will be saved as a new Portfolio in “My Portfolio” on Start Page.

Status Report Improvements

Now it is possible to save custom widget height for Status Report widgets that had adjustable height (Milestones Overview, Notes, iFrame Widget, Image Widget, Portfolio Overview, Release Overview, Production Readiness Verification Environment Overview).

For grid widgets (Milestones Overview, Portfolio Overview, etc.), it is now possible to save the selected columns in the Status Report Template.

Development ComponentDevelopment Component

User-friendly Dashboard

New engine for Dashboard layout allows easy widget sizing and positioning.

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

Structure Import

The existing views of Project, Application, Portfolio and Release has been enhanced with a Structure View. Structure allows to cover different views of your data, e.g. on an organizational or business process level.

Import of structure with Excel Structure Importer.

Structure can be used in Testing Component as well as in KPI Component.

Import of Metric Data for KPI Component

A new Excel Importer allows to import any metrics for KPI Component.

Email Notifications Available

Users can receive Email Notifications for various events.

Customization of parameters for Email Notification in System Settings .

Users can configure which notifications they would like to receive.

Improvements in Importers

Various importers have been improved to allow faster loads and offer enhanced functionality.

Jira Importer supports all issue links to create Project/Application Structure.

Jira Importer has been enhanced with a JQL filter possibility to reduce data import.

Jira Xray supports import of the Test Case Regression type from a custom field.

Accelerated Project Import for Jira, Tosca and Spira Importers.

Product Update: QACube Version 2.10

The QACube Quality Assurance Platform for DevOps is now available with several exciting new features, including enhancements for the new Development Component: drill-down possibilities into most graphics, new Sunbursts for Execution, Progress and Code quality, a Development Time Series graph, a Code Page with Statistics and easier handling of Repository Connections for system administrators.

Testing ComponentTesting Component

See Details by Drilling down into the Graphics

Many widgets like Sunburst, Defect Matrix, Time Series or Pie/Bar Chart now allow to click on a dot or a bar to display the underlying data in the Core Data section.

The same drill-down functionality is also implemented in the charts in the Dashboard.

New Sunbursts for Execution Lists and Progress

Two new types of Sunbursts have been added to the widgets list in the Testing Component.

The Execution Sunburst shows the execution lists and the status of their test cases.

The Progress Sunburst shows the progress of the requirements and their workstate.

Development ComponentDevelopment Component

New Code Page with Statistics

The Code Page shows the repository with the file structure of the code.

The new Code Page contains additional information about the lines of code, issues derived from the source quality tools, duplications, code coverage and execution of the unit test cases.

The Code Page can be personalized by hiding/unhiding columns, changing their position and using filters.

The Overview shows statistical information at-a-glance.

Time Series Chart with Code Metrics

The Time Series Chart displays various metrics derived from SonarQube that keep you up-to-date regarding code quality:

Number of total and open issues.

Information about the unit test errors, failures and the test success density.

Code metrics such as complexity, lines of code, duplicates and coverage.

Code Sunburst

A new type of Sunburst has been added to the Development Dashboard to display code information on each level of the code file structure:

Number of duplicated blocks of lines

Number of lines of code

Coverage (covered lines by unit tests)

Platform ComponentPlatform Component

New Connection for Source Code Tools

This new adapter allows to connect any source code management tool to QACube.

Connect easily any source code management tool and visualize source code structure and metrics in QACube.

Merge Applications

So far, in the Repository Connections only the merge of projects was possible. With the QACube Release 2.10, it is now possible to merge the applications for import as well.

Possibility of Duplicating Repository Connections

Save time by copying the existing Repository Connections.

New Repository Connections had to be created from scratch. With the QACube Release 2.10 it is possible to copy the existing connections and modify them as needed.

New Feature Highlights: Version 2.9

Visualize the most important Project results in the new Relase Dashboard

Set different “quality gates” or KPIs for the release and define ranges for Requirements, Test Cases, Test Instances and Defects per Release Stage.

If a particular KPI is not within the defined range, a warning message will immediately indicate a breach of any range that has been preset.

show warning if more than 22% of failed Test Cases have no Defects linked.

The Statistics Overview Section displays the number of Projects/Applications, Warnings, Requirements, Test Cases, and Defects in the selected Release.

Check out the Video Tutorial of the New Release Dashboard!

New Adaptors support connection to more Source Systems!

New Adaptors are now available for Bugzilla and Xray.

Benefit from improvements for GitLab, JIRA, Team Foundation Server and Tosca.

New Print Solution provides customized printout of Widgets

Select between A4 “portrait” and “landscape” printing.

Widgets can be removed or resized for printing.
Additional blank pages can be added in order to rearrange the Widgets on the page.

New Feature Highlights: Version 2.8

New Statuses “Blocked” and “Not Completed” are available for Test Execution

The ALM Test Status Section and all Widgets containing Test Execution Status information have been enhanced with the new Statuses “Blocked” and “Not Completed”.

Test Execution Status now also displays “Blocked” and “Not Completed” Test Cases.

Track the progress of Requirements

In the ALM Progress Page, Time Series, and Sunburst Widgets you can now visualize the progress of the Requirements.

The progress can be displayed according to the Requirements Statuses, including: “Planned”, “In Work” and “Completed”.

Use the new “Codebook” to configure Types, Statuses, and their respective colors

The new Codebook enables the Administrator to configure the labelling for graphics.
This new functionality enables the Administrator to dynamically configure the labelling of the Requirement Status codes, and Requirement and Test Case Types. The newly configured labels appear in ALM Requirements and the Test Cases View, as well as in the Widgets Pie/Bar Charts, Requirement Status Bullet Chart, and Test Case Type Bullet Chart.

  • You can set different colors based on the Types and Statuses, which will be automatically reflected in the Pie/Bar Chart Widgets including: Requirements Types (e.g. Story, Requirement, Improvement, etc.) and Statuses (New, In Progress, etc.)
  • Test Cases: Types (e.g. Functional, Regression, etc.)

Rename Requirement Statuses, Requirement and Test Case Types to meet your needs.

Set your own colors for each customized setting referenced above.

Learn about the additional value from other QACube 2.8 enhancements

Risk Management can now also be configured in a centralized section such as Milestones.

It is possible to set the number of rows to be shown in the ALM Pages Tables (Requirements, Test Cases, Execution Lists, Defects, Tasks, Progress), which improves the performance of the QACube ALM Grids.

A company-wide setting can be activated to show a Pop-up Message after each Login to warn the users about displaying the Client Identifying Data (CID).

There is a new Info Icon in the Widget header with the ability to display the description of each Widget.

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