Manage Bugs/Defects

 

Create and track bugs/defects.

Assign built-in or custom values for defect status, priority, complexity.

Assign Project/Module for the defect.

Optionally enter a preferred closing date.

View the complete history of a defect.

Maintain "related bugs/defects" for any bug/defect.

Track defect Types and Causes (You can also add custom values for bug/defect "causes" and "types" ).

Enter steps to reproduce the bug.

Defect Tracking Software Document references Add any document references.

Bug Tracking Software Test Environments Select the "Testing environment". (A "Testing environment" represents the hardware/software configuration under which the defect/bug is encountered. A tester may setup multiple Testing environments and also set the default. When this tester enters a defect, the default Testing environment is automatically selected. This ensures maximum hardware/software configuration information is available while solving the bug/defect.)

Reassign all defects/Bugs assigned to a user to another user at one go.

Defect Tracking Software Custom fields/parameters! Create any type of Custom parameters to define a defect/bug (see "Customize" section below).

Bug Tracking Software Bulk Update feature available! Update multiple defects simultaneously (Bulk Update) (Every parameter, including custom parameters, is "updatable" in bulk update).

Dash board (Enterprise2.4 or later)

The "Dashboard" instantly provides you a visual representation of the current state of your projects, defects. The "Dashboard" is a panel to which you can add any number of "Summary Reports" (custom charts - pie / bar). (eg: report on all Defects by Priority)

A "Summary Report" shows you current distribution (of defects) based on your defined parameters.

Customize

yKAP allows exhaustive customization. For example:

Define custom values for "Stock" fields such as Status, Priority, Complexity.

Define custom values for "Stock" fields such as Defect Type/Cause.

Define a "Default Defects view" (the defect-list that is displayed when you login).

Bug Tracking Software User Preferences - exhaustive options! Set number of defects to be displayed-per-page.

Defect Tracking Software Email Alerts! Define rules for Email Alerts.

Define almost any type of custom parameters for defects/Bugs. The types that you can define are: Numeric, Short Text, Long Text, Free Text, Percentage, Date, User "Lookup" (combo - eg: "Approved By" ), System lookups (you can use almost all existing system lookup data - such as Module, Test Environment, Country, Role, etc - to define your custom lookup), Custom lookups (define your own custom combos).

Define Parent-Child relationships for your custom lookups (combos).

Define Display colors for lookup data (enterprise2.4 or later).

Defect Tracking Software Custom field validation rules! Define validation rules for your custom data - eg: Specify a minimum / maximum value for a numeric field, character length for a short text field, etc.

Personalize all defects/Bugs related screens - Group fields together, order the fields, etc.

Numerous other possibilities...

Security

yKAP implements "role-based" security, allowing administrators excellent control over user access to data. Apart from pre-defined roles, administrators can define custom roles specifying access permissions(read/write/delete) for these roles. (This is a standard feature)

Bug Tracking Software Field level access constraints! Define Role based field level access constraints - eg: Allow a Role to view a field but deny "update" permission.

Look-up Bugs/Defect

Use yKAP exhaustive defect search to easily find defects.

Defect Tracking Software Exhaustive Search Options! Some of the search parameters for search are "Created-by / Updated-by", defect title/description text, defect status/priority/complexity/type/cause, project/module, etc.

Entered Defects/Bugs are completely searchable by any custom parameters.

Save the Search parameters as a "Named search". A "Named Search" remembers the search parameters, saving you time for repetitive searches with same (or similar parameters).

Create "Public Named Searches" that can be shared with multiple users. A "Public Named Search" can be communicated easily to other users saving time.

Apart from Private and Public Named Searches also define Group Level and Org Level Named Searches.

 

Attachments

Add as many File attachments to your defect as you want.

 

Save Defect(s)

Save bugs/defects in any of these formats: PDF, RTF, XLS, HTML, Text.

 

Email Alerts

Use the "Send Email Alert" feature to send email notifications.

Define rules for Email Alerts.

 

Print Bug/ Defect(s)

Use the "Print" feature to preview and print one defect at a time or the entire list of currently selected defects.

Choose from pre-built print design templates or create your own.

 

Analysis

yKAP lets you perform extensive analysis(current and trends) of your data with exceptional ease - without any programming. For example:

Find out the average time taken to "close" a defect. - Find out under which software/hardware configuration your product has most defects.

Compare the number of defects that were due to a particular cause (for example - developer error) this year as to last year.

Numerous other analysis possibilities...