Searching for Defects

You can search for a Defect from the global toolbar search menu. In addition, you can search for Defects from several dialogs within Defect Management, such as when marking a Defect as a duplicate or related to another Defect.

If the search page shows a list of attributes along the side instead of a form at the top, see Searching by Navigation for help.

  1. Use one of these methods to open the search dialog:

    1. From the global toolbar, click Search > Defect Management > Defects.

    Or:

    1. View the Properties page of a Defect. See Viewing Defect Details.
    2. Click one of these options from the page Actions menu or toolbar:
    • Mark as Duplicate
    • Add Related Defect



  2. Enter criteria for any of these attributes; you can use wildcards and enter multiple values (separated by commas) in any text field, or you can leave the field empty:

    Type. Shows "Defect". You cannot change the type.

    Owner. The person who owns the Defect, or click the ellipsis button to select that person.

    Originator.The person who created the Defect, or click the ellipsis button to select that person.

    Title. The title of the Defect.

    Reported Against Product. The Product Name against which the needed Defects were reported.

    Introduced In. The version (release) number where the Defect was introduced.

    When Found. The stage of the product development process where the Defect was discovered:

    1. Click the ellipsis button.
    2. Click the needed development process.
    3. Click .

    Steps to Reproduce. Text that may be included in the Steps to Reproduce details from the Defect.

    Environment. The operating environment name.

    Name. Name of the Defect.

    Policy. To select a specific policy:

    1. Click the ellipsis button. Multiple policies show in the list only if your installation has defined additional policies. As installed, only the Defect policy shows.
    2. Click the needed policy.
    3. Click . If you change the policy, the values available for the Current field are updated to list the states in the selected policy.

    Vault. Click to specify the vault in which to search.

    Description. Text in the description field.

    Keywords. Any words to help categorize the Defect.

    Regression. Yes or No to indicate if the Defect is a regression.

    Regression Details. Text within the Regression Details field of the Defect.

    Regression From. Release number from where the feature worked.

    Notes. Any words entered in the Notes field of the Defect.

    Revision. Specfiic revision level, or check the needed box:


    • Highest. Searches for the most current revision of the Defect.
    • By State. Searches for the current revision in the selected state.

    State. Click the ellipsis button to restrict the search to Defects in a specific lifecycle state. Select the needed state, then click .

    Originated. To search for Defects created within a specified time frame:

    1. Click the ellipsis button.

    2. Select a comparison operator from the drop-down list: = (equals), > (greater than), < (less than), or Between.
    3. For all operators except Between, select a date from the first calendar field.

      For Between, select a date for both calendar fields.

    4. Click .

    Modified. Click the ellipsis button to specify the date range to search for Defects modified within a specific date range. This field works the same as Originated.

    Severity. The severity level of the Defect.

    1. Click the ellipsis button.
    2. Select a severity value.
    3. Click .

    Priority. The priority level of the Defect. This field works the same as Severity.

    Reason for Demotion. Any text entered when a Defect was demoted from one state to an earlier state in its lifecycle.

    Reason for Rejection. Any text entered whe a Defect was rejected.

  3. Use the Limit to text box to specify how many items should be shown in the search results. For example, if you limit the results to 50, the system will get only the first 50 items from the database that match your criteria. The maximum is by default 1000, but may vary depending on your installation setup.

  4. Choose whether to run a case sensitive search (check box at top) or a case insensitive search. If you clear or check this box, the ENOVIA system remembers that and uses the same choice for subsequent searches.

  5. Click Search. The bottom of the page displays the results that meet your criteria.

    For each object that matches the search critiera, the results list shows these details:

    Name. The name of the Defect. Click the name to view the Defect's Properties page.

    Title. The Defect's title.

    Description. A description of the Defect.

    State. The current lifecycle state for the Defect.

    Priority. The priority for fixing this defect, where P0 means the highest priority and P3 is the lowest priority.

    Severity. How severe the defect is, where S0 is a showstopper and S3 is the least severe.

    Owner. The person who is currently responsible for the Defect.

    Originated Date. The date the Defect was created.

    Originator. The person who created the Defect.

    Reason for Rejection. Any text entered when a Defect was rejected.

    Reported Against. The name of the Product, Model, Feature or other object against which the Defect was reported. Click to view the Properties page for that objec.t

    Reporting Organization. The organization that the Originator belongs to. Click to view the Properties page for that organization.

    Change Responsibility. The organization responsible for resolving the Defect. Click to view the Properties page for that organization.

    . Click to view the list of people on the Change Board.

    . Click to edit the Defect's properties. See Editing a Defect's Details

    . Opens a window showing the Properties page and category list for the Defect.

  6. If searching to select a Defect, select the needed Defect(s), then click Submit.