IBM® Rational® Quality Manager incorporates
tools to help you check for possible duplicate defects.
You can check for duplicate defects in the following locations:
- Add New Defect editor: At the top of the Add
New Defect editor, click the Find Potential
Duplicates (
) icon. You can access this editor from three different
views: View Test Execution Records (through Manage
Blocking Defects), Script Execution (at a particular
step), and Execution Results (in the Defects
section).
- Related Defects panel: The Related Defects
panel is displayed
on the right side of Rational Quality Manager in
the View Test Execution Records, Execution
Results, and Script Execution views.
The Related Defects panel includes open and blocking defects. If keywords
are associated with the selected test execution records, then those
defects that are associated with the same keywords are also included.
- Blocking Defects panel: The Blocking Defects panel opens
when you view the Text Execution Records section
of a test plan. This panel includes the blocking defects that are
common denominators of the selected test execution records. For example,
if Defect 1 and Defect 2 are blocking Test Execution Record 1 and
Defect 2 and Defect 3 are blocking Test Execution Record 2, then the
Blocking Defects Panel displays Defect 2 (when both test execution
records are selected), because Defect 2 is a blocking defect for both
test execution records.