I agree for exactly the same reasons as already detailed. We start a project with one name and may change names as it develops, sometimes more than once.
Round trip through Word might be effective, but the best solution would be a built-in find and replace, which should not be hard to implement.
Has anyone tried doing this through the API?
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Jamey Potechin
Crestron Electronics
Rockleigh NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-19-2018 07:18
From: Nicki Repici
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
This would be awesome. We oftentimes use a "code name" for our products as we don't always have their finalized name in place before we start writing requirements. It would be great to be able to replace all of those at once.
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Nicki Repici
ZOLL
Pittsburgh PA
Original Message:
Sent: 04-18-2018 11:30
From: Tigger
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
Strongly agree!
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Tigger
Crescent Systems, Inc.
Original Message:
Sent: 04-17-2018 08:09
From: Steve Kay
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
Agree with this need. As our product line grows, we reuse many components and associated specifications. Lack of search and replace hinders the efficiency of Jama's reuse features.
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Steve Kay
Hologic - Breast Health
Original Message:
Sent: 04-16-2018 09:47
From: LawrenceR Rigge
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
We need more people to champion this feature - the Jama team seems more responsive to volume versus the "irritation factor". The Excel "workaround" is not useful if you make use of graphical content (a picture is worth a thousand words often applies to requirements). In my experience, anyone who reuses requirements and/or works with large numbers of requirements will get highly irritated when they discover there is no search/replace functionality.
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Lawrence
Intel Corporation
Original Message:
Sent: 04-15-2018 20:27
From: Gavin Ryan-Keenor
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
+1
Round trip provides some of this functionality but is limited - as soon as bullet points are used or any real formatting round trip is no longer an option.
We would also like to see this considered for inclusion on the roadmap for future development.
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Warm regards,
Gavin Ryan-Keenor
Business Analyst
Australia
Original Message:
Sent: 04-13-2018 03:24
From: Manel Moreno
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
Unfortunately, after 3 years from my first request, this doesn't seem to deserve being included in the development backlog...
I hope it will be in a near future! ;-)
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Manel Moreno
Systelab Technologies
Original Message:
Sent: 04-05-2018 08:09
From: Cynthia Weber
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
This would be a valuable function for us, too. Trying to get all the test cases aligned with the same choice of synonym would be much easier if I didn't have to individually update each one.
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Cynthia Weber
Software Test Lead
ProQuest LLC
Ann Arbor, MI
Original Message:
Sent: 04-04-2018 08:41
From: neil gitkind
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
We are interested in finding out if there is an update from the JAMA team on this question. This would be a very useful feature when seeking to re-use groups of requirements on new projects - or elsewhere in the same project.
We are having an internal debate on whether the Product Name should be included in the requirement text (description) and unfortunately, the awkward necessity of an excel round-trip is affecting pro-con calculus. In my mind there is significant advantage for this "best practice" of using the product name in the requirement.
Thanks!
-Neil
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neil gitkind
Olympus Corp. of the Americas
Original Message:
Sent: 01-05-2017 18:16
From: Kristina King
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
Hey Rolland,
There is no update to speak of, although your use case is bound to be the most common one. We have had a little bit of feedback about this need, but it's not something critical, ergo it hasn't been prioritized.
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Kristina King
Jama Software
Original Message:
Sent: 01-05-2017 12:16
From: Rolland Vandersluis
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
What's the update on Search and Replace? I was astonished to find (ha) that there is no search and replace capability in Jama. It's a very basic function of a database and would simplify the process greatly (the exporting/edit round-trip to Excel is awkward at best).
Case in point: We have a certain system component we a totally revamping for a next-gen project. I reused (without sync) the necessary requirements. Now to quickly search and replace the product name... oh dang!
Original Message:
Sent: 08-17-2016 20:26
From: Kristina King
Subject: Re: Need a search and replace function (should not have to rely on Round Trip with Excel)
HA. Me too. I'd love to be wrong about some of these things ;)