Linked Glossary

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Harald Hotz-Behofsits
Harald Hotz-Behofsits Member Posts: 159
edited August 2016 in
Jama should have the ability to support the creation of a linked or referenced glossary.

This should work in the following ways:
- retroactive: Glossary is created or imported and then the descriptions are processed and terms containing glossary content get hyperlinked
- at creation: A term can be marked at entry as being glossary, then this term is hyperlinked and a glossary item is created

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 911
    edited June 2016
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    Great idea, Harald! Thanks for sharing.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17
    edited November 2015
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    Yes please. This is something we have talked about too, would be great.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 64
    edited October 2015
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    Another yes please. This is one feature that we found other tools had that Jama didn't when we were evaluating. We tried implementing this manually in Jama:
    1. Create a glossary item type.
    2. Create hyperlink in requirement type description text. 
    However, as you can imagine links weren't always created & managing change was rather time consuming.
  • Kevin Mote
    Kevin Mote Member Posts: 23
    edited August 2016
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    Agreed. Would be VERY useful!
    Kevin


    Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2
    edited August 2015
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    I would also opt for this feature too.

    My addition:
    • Squiggly underline parts of text that have an occurrence in the Glossary
    • When pointing the mouse on this piece of text, a hover text box is prompted showing the description text from the glossary.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 11
    edited October 2015
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    Absolutely support this request! Having glossary in Jama would facilitate a lot of things! 
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 911
    edited June 2016
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    Hi Katja, there is not a linked glossary functionality in the next release.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 160
    edited June 2016
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    Came across this post whilst searching for a Jama solution for the same idea. Would like to add my vote (Jama democracy assumed) to this feature request. And also any hint as to whether this idea is already in the roadmap, since it has been 4 months from the last post?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 911
    edited June 2016
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    This is not currently on the road map, Daniel. There are other features and functions with a higher priority. But you're right, democracy-assumed, we should hopefully see this at some point given the number of votes it has.
  • Scott Holland
    Scott Holland Member Posts: 43
    edited July 2016
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    Yes please - we're doing this manually at the moment with a "term" item type. But it's a bit of a pain to manage
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited July 2016
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    What is the likelihood of this being implemented ever? And what is the official way of requesting features?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 911
    edited July 2016
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    Ever is a question I can't really answer. In the near future, I can tell you it's unlikely–it is not on the roadmap right now. 

    And Juande, you have found the official way to request features. I don't know if you've seen my post about how we use these Ideas, but it will give you a better idea about what we do with your requests.
  • Stuart Gros-Dubois
    Stuart Gros-Dubois Member Posts: 10
    edited January 2018
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    Hello,
    another +1 for this feature, and a 2018 bump.
    BR
    Stuart
    Ps. Any news if this new feature made it to the roadmap?

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    Stuart Gros-Dubois
    Frequentis AG
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 05-19-2015 07:56
    From: Harald Hotz-Behofsits
    Subject: Linked Glossary

    Jama should have the ability to support the creation of a linked or referenced glossary.

    This should work in the following ways:
    - retroactive: Glossary is created or imported and then the descriptions are processed and terms containing glossary content get hyperlinked
    - at creation: A term can be marked at entry as being glossary, then this term is hyperlinked and a glossary item is created
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 911
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    Hi @Stuart, there are no updates to share on this one-nothing has been put on the roadmap pertinent to this idea.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1
    edited May 2019
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    I'd like to add a +1 to this and give it a 2019 bump. A linked glossary is a pretty basic feature for a requirements management tool and I feel a bit underwhelmed that this isn't a standard feature by now.
  • Patricia Stauffer
    Patricia Stauffer Member Posts: 15
    edited May 2019
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    Another bump from us! This would be very helpful
    Patricia

    BioFire Diagnostics
  • Alessandro Valli
    Alessandro Valli Member, Data Exchange, Jama Connect Interchange™ (JCI) Posts: 784
    edited May 2019
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    +1 also from my side.
    Alessandro
    Systems Engineer
    SICK AG
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3
    edited June 2019
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    So, this feature was out of scope for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Is there any chance of getting a solution in the second half of 2019?
  • Lien Bäcker
    Lien Bäcker Member, Data Exchange, Jama Connect Interchange™ (JCI) Posts: 84
    edited June 2019
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    + 1 Vote from us also for this Feature.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 20
    edited June 2019
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    Another vote from us!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Product Team Posts: 375
    edited June 2019
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    Hello everyone,

    Sounds like there is a lot of consensus on the usefulness of this request. What are your current workarounds for this task/workflow?

    Best,
  • Alessandro Valli
    Alessandro Valli Member, Data Exchange, Jama Connect Interchange™ (JCI) Posts: 784
    edited June 2019
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    Hi Chloe,

    My workaround is a separate project with only glossary items -> Item type "Glossary".
    I sync/reuse the items in my projects where needed.
    In each project I use the synced glossary terms in the requirement text (Field Description) just as hyperlinks (add link in the rich text editor).

    It would be great to have something like a hover function (mouse pointing on glossary item => text box with glossary item description) with the option to open the glossary item in a separate tab (just to see the additional custom fields: source, synonym, some categorization … and the links).

    Regards,
    Alessandro
    Systems Engineer
    SICK AG
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Product Team Posts: 375
    edited June 2019
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    Alessandro:

    Ohhh yeah, I personally love a good hover - so easy for quickly accessing information without having to leave your main workflow!

    Thank you for sharing your workaround, it is very similar to what I was going to share about having a Glossary component within a project and/or a Glossary project. 

    Best,
  • Harald Hotz-Behofsits
    Harald Hotz-Behofsits Member Posts: 159
    edited June 2019
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    We have something based on Excel, round trip exports/imports, but this is quite simple and can be applied only once.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3
    edited July 2019
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    Another possibility is having a separated central glossary and allow relationships to certain items. The glossary terms related to an item appear during a Review, but you have to click to view the definition.

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