The Aligned Elements Web Client application consists of four views:
the Top Bar
the Navigation Bar
the Main View
the Status Bar
The Top Bar displays the Search Box, Messages, the Favourites, and the Current User options.
The Search Box is used to search for text in all Document Objects and Chapter titles. The search can be refined by selecting Document Object types using the Funnel icon. Selecting Document Object types will restrict the search to items of these types.
Use (double) quotes to define combined notions; i.e., if you look for all document objects containing the word Use Case, then enter “use case” (with quotes) in the search field instead of use case (without quotes). The latter will look for the occasions of the word ‘use’ and the word ‘case’ individually.
You may also search for document objects based on their IDs; e.g., RQ 4 by typing 'id=RQ 4' .
The result will yield the document object RQ 4.
Note! The search applies to String, Rich Text, Table attributes, chapter names, the content of files, and Document Object IDs. It is for example not possible to search for an integer (e.g., Priority or Severity) with this method.
Note! The search function is case-insensitive but does search for exact matches. Thus, if you enter “empt”, it will not find objects containing the word “empty”. You can apply the asterisk (*) to search for word stems. In the example above, “empt*” would find objects containing the word “empty”.
The default search retrieves currently enabled document objects, but you may also include currently disabled objects using the additional Include Disabled checkbox in the Funnel dropdown.
Check the additional Search Comments checkbox in the Funnel dropdown to expand the search to contents in Comments
If Linked Projects are present in the context, you will be prompted to select the project in which the search shall take place.
The matching Document Objects and chapters are displayed in the Search Result View.
You may optionally expand the displayed Document Objects to show the Comments of each item as well.
Available actions in the Search Result View include:
Generate Multiple...
Display Inconsistencies
Display Consistency Coverage
Display Chart
Set Snapshot
Generate Word Report
Generate Template Based Word Report
Generate Excel Report
Create File for Objects
Save Files to Disk
Save as PDF's
Export Document Objects
Add to Test Run
As you work with Aligned Elements, the system will report back the result of the actions conducted. These System Messages are also collected in a list that can be inspected by clicking on the Messages button in the top bar.
The Filter in the Message View can be applied to expand or narrow down the types of messages displayed.
The Favourites dropdown displays the Document Object currently marked as Favourites for the current user. More information in the Favourite section.
Use the Manage User option to change your web password or manage your external Logins.
Click Log out to sign out of the project.
The Navigation Bar displays the main actions of Aligned Elements. These include:
Dashboards
Project Explorer
File Explorer
Trace Explorer
Test Run Explorer
Project Status
Your Assigned Items
Queries
Charts
Trace Tables
Project History
Snapshots
Settings
Change Project
The Navigation Bar can be collapsed and expanded by clicking on the hamburger icon.
When opening the project, the Main View area displays a Dashboard. When selecting an action in the Navigation Bar, the Main View will display the artefacts of that function.
The Status Bar at the bottom of the browser page displays the name of the project and the version number of the Aligned Elements Web Client.
