What's new in SAP Cloud ALM for Implemenation

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Last Update: 25.08.2022

 

 

In this Blog post you will be able to find the latest features in in SAP Cloud ALM.

Update 16.11.2022

• On Premise Roadmaps available


• On Premise process content available


• Activate templates appear in an ordered list


• Change and Deployment Management – Features support Global edit


• Analytics – Feature traceability group by requirement


• Analytics – Assignee filter in Requirement Traceability


• Task Management – User name in History supports Email sending easily


• Tag Management – Tag names can be changed


• Tag Management – Tag name change appears in History

Update 03.11.2022

Update 19.10.2022

Update Aug ,2022

Update	Area	Details
New Option to download records for update using Excel upload	Requirement and Task Management	When you select certain records in list view and select this new option system automatically inserts unique IDs in the downloaded data which can be used for easy update
Custom workstreams via Excel	Requirement and Task Management	You can upload custom workstreams via Excel upload
Filter records by Timestamp	Requirement and Task Management	API enhanced to ensure you can filter records not just with date but also date and timestamp
Project template update notification	Project Management	Project lead gets in app notification when Project template is updated
SAP Central Business Config tasks get read only status	Task Management	When Project activities from SAP Central Business configuration are replicated in SAP Cloud ALM as Template tasks , user gets the status updates automatically from SAP Central Business Configuration and hence can not set the status manually
Create Deliverable via API	API updates
Create workstreams via API	API updates
Requirement status renamed	Requirement management	to be approved -> in approval to be tested -> in testing
show related Projects in Deployment Plan	Deployment Management
Tag deletion in History	Requirement and Task Management	When a tag is deleted , the history of items consuming it is updated

Update July ,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Task Management	Deliverable Support	Deliverables can be added in custom phase
Task Management	Start Date in API	Start date can be updated via API
Project Management	Hide Project terminology	Hide Project action now called Archive Project

Update June ,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Requirement Management, Task Management	Unique IDs are available	System generates unique IDs for Tasks and Requiremnents which can be used for search and mass updates
Task Management	Deliverables can not be assigned to user stories	User stories should be attached to Requirements and Features
Task Management	Mass edit of Deliverables	You can select multiple tasks and update the deliverable using Mass Edit option in Task list
Requirement and Task Management	Assignment of existing user stories to Requirements	You can now assign existing user stories and Project tasks to Requirements
Requirement Management	Enhacement of Requirement Traceability	Now Requirement Traceability supports tag based search
Requirement Management	New App Requirement Distribution	You can now see how Requirements are distributed in scopes, teams, priority etc
Release Management	Requirements can now be assigned to Release versions	Requirements can now be assigned to Release versions and this field is available in Task list filters and results
Task Management	Sub-task reporting	A new card is now available for sub-tasks
Requirement management	Enhanched Navigation	You can now select Requirements from Requirement Traceability and directly navigate to Requirements list with the selected context
Solution Process Traceability	Project Task and User story attributes added	More attributes added in Solution Process Traceability

Update April 28,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Project, Task,Requirement Management	Navigation to tasks from Gantt chart	Tasks appear as URL in Gantt chart and you can navigate to them easily
Task Management	Template tasks deletion	You can set Template tasks to obsolete and then delete them. Please note , we do not recommend you delete them as setting them obsolete is sufficient and this way you get content updates and set them to Active anytime you change your mind
Project Management	Visual indication of Task completion	Task progress is shown visually in Project
Project Management	Release information in Gantt chart	Gantt chart is able to show Release versions which come from the release which is assigned to the Project
Tasks Management	Improved subsequent navigation for SAP Central Business Configuration tasks	Tasks from SAP Central Business Configuration show a URL that can take you to the correct tenant. Please note still you will need to select the appropriate Project and appropriate screen once you are in SAP Central Business Configuration
Requirement and Task Management	Mass upload and download of Tags via Excel	You can mass upload tags via Excel. once uploaded , you can download the tags for a task if you download task list as spreadsheet

Update Feb 22,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Requirement Management	Feature Creation	You can now create Features from Requirements
Requirement and Task Management	Adjust dates in Gantt chart by dragging	You can now use the drag and drop control to adjust durations in Gantt chart
Requirement and Task Management	Mass Edit in Gantt chart	Now Gantt chart also supports selection of items and mass edit

Update Feb 14,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Requirement Management	Test case assignment	You can now assign Test cases to Requirements

Update Jan 26,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Task Management	API Enhancements	Extended for reading - Scope - Story Points - Assigned Role - Attachments - Comments
Requirement and Task Management	Obsolete and Delete	First obsolete and then delete
Task Management	API Enhancements	More query options
Task Management	Add as Favorite	User specific Favorites
Project Management	Add same CBC Project to multiple SAP Cloud ALM Projects
Task Management	Tags uploads	Add and assign tags to tasks via Excel upload
Task Management	API enahancements	Set tasks to Obsolete via API

Update Jan 12,2022

Topic	Functionality	Details
Task Management	API enhancements	Get Timebox details for value mapping via API to retrieve/create
Task Management	Peer relations	Relate a User story to a Project task as a Peer
Task Management	Timeboxes are shown in Gantt chart
Task Management	Filter task list via Tags by using Text search
Task Management	Set status in Gantt view
Task Management	Update attachments in Edit mode

Update Dec 22,2021

Topic	Functionality	Details
Task Management	icons for Tasks	Different task types are shown with different icons.
Requirement Management	icons for Requirements	Different icons for Approved Requirement and un approved Requirement
Project Management	Support multiple CBC Tenants	You can connect multiple CBC tenants to same SAP Cloud ALM tenant
Task Management	Process content is shown grouped by content version
Project Management	Navigation to "Manage Scopes" from Project Setup
Requirement Management	New status schema for Requirement
Task Management, Requirement Management	When you change the values in the Type filter , create options in UI also get changed

Update Dec 1

Topic	Functionality	Details
Project Management	Add custom phases	You can now add custom phases. Please note the order in which the custom phases appear depends on the dates maintained.
Project Management	Deactivate phases	In case your Project does not use a phase , you can deactivate it. Please note items belonging to deactivate phases will be shown in Task list but not in Overview page/Analytical Reports. Please note this action is reversible. You can not add new items to a Deactivated phase
Task and Requirement Management	Tags assignment	You can now assign tags provided by SAP activate to other items as well
Task and Requirement	Custom Tag creation management	You can create custom tags by just typing in the Tags field in the detail view for Tasks or Requirements. Tags created by one user will be visible to other users as well

Update Nov 17

 

Topic	Functionality	Details
Requirement and Task Management	Save Views as Tiles in Fiori Launchpad	You can now save views as Tiles
Requirement and Task Management	Share URLs	You can now share URLs to Requirements or Tasks via email
Requirement Management	API Enhancement	You can now create Requirements via API
Task Management	Tag Enhancements	You can see actual tags in addition to counts of tags in Task List
Requirement Management	Mass Deletion	Requirements can be deleted easily. At Deletion you are prompted if you want to delete associated user stories and Project tasks also.

Update Nov 02

 

Topic	Functionality	Details
Project Management	Foundation Milestones	All new created Projects see 3 milestones created by default Kick Off date Planned Go Live Date Actual Go Live Date
Task Management	User story and Feature Relations	You can now create a User story from a Feature, Feature link is shown in additional information for a user story
Task Management	You can navigate from Task list to Analytics apps
Project Management	Easy option to navigate to Team Setup
Task Management	SAP Central Business Configuration Tasks now visible in Task List if Project linked
Requirement Management	Mass update for Status for Requirements	In the Requirements application, if you select only Requirements and go to Mass Edit , you can update the Requirement status easily

Update Oct 20

 

Topic	Functionality	Details
Project Management	You can now close sprints	Blog Post
Requirement/Task Management	Mass Edit of Teams	You can now mass edit Team assignment

Update Oct 11

 

Topic	Functionality	Details
Requirement Management	Mass Upload of Requirements	Blog Post
	Scope not mandatory
	Approval in a different field
	Approval has no effect on status
	Combined view of Requirements and user stories possible
	Requirement copy possible
	Requirement comments possible
	Create view for Requirements

Update Sep 8

Topic	Description
Multiple team in a Project	You can now create multiple teams in a Project
Custom selection in due date filter	In the task list you can now filter due date by custom selection
Navigation to Timebox maintenance from task list	if you are a Project lead then you can have easy navigation to timebox maintenance from Task list itself
Project lead available in General Information	You can now maintain the Project lead only in the system defined default team called "PMO team" and it appears also in General Information
Maintain Relationships via Gantt chart	You can now manually maintain predecessor and successor relationship between Project tasks and user stories using Gantt chart view
Edit mode for Template tasks	You now see the Edit button even next to template tasks. Description of template tasks can not be edited but attributes for template tasks as an example story points can be edited
Predecessor and successor relations via Excel upload	You can now easily mass upload tasks via Excel Template maintaining predecessor and successor relationships

Update July 29

Topic	Description
API for Tasks Updated	New attributes available Priority Assignee Timebox

Update July 14

Topic	Description
Support for Tags provided by SAP Activate	You can now find Tags provided by SAP Activate content in the Task list. You can use them for filtering. You can not create your own Tags yet.
Scope visible in Project Setup	Scope created becomes automatically visible in a new Tab called "Scope" in Project
Restructured Task Details	Description becomes the first Tab so that the content becomes easier to read. Attributes are pushed to the last Tab called "Additional Information"

Update June 17

 

Topic	Description
Addition of new Roles possible now	You can now add a custom role in addition to the roles provided by Activate team
Priority Attribute	It is now possible to set a Priority for Tasks in a four point scale Very High High Medium Low In case the system finds a task without a Priority value , it will be treated a medium Priority
Copy Tasks and Sub Tasks	It is now possible to Copy a Task with an option  to copy Sub-tasks

Update June 03

Topic	Description
Project Status	Project status can be set to On Track Needs attention Critical This needs to be set manually. Project status is also available in the Overview Page
Download Selected Tasks	You can now download a sub-set of tasks as template or as spreadsheet. When you download as Template you see additional sheets in the Excel sheet that tell you about the allowed values that are supported by the upload
Start Date of tasks	Now you get an option to set a start date of a Task
Gantt Chart	Now you can switch between List view and Gantt charts
Decoupling due date from Timebox	When a task is assigned to a Timebox, the due date of the task is set to the due date for the timebox. If the start date or due of the task is later changed manually, the Timebox is not recalculated
Timeboxes showing associated phase as secondary header	If you maintain your sprints and milestones aligned to your phases, phase information is shown as sub-header.

Update May 07

Topic	Description
Editing Project Task created from Requirement	Previously it was not possible to edit a Project task created via Requirement. This behaviour is changed now. After approval , Requirement text and tasks created from Requirements can be changed easily
Mass Edit for scope
Displaying Deliverable Text	You can now read the Deliverable text provided by SAP Activate methodology. In the task detail screen,  a Click on Deliverable link opens the Deliverable text in a new Column.
Story points for Template tasks	Since Template tasks can also be assigned to Sprints, to facilitate Sprint planning you can now assign Story points even to Template tasks.
Allowing sub-tasks for Project and Template tasks	It it possible now to decompose Project Tasks and Template tasks into sub-tasks.
Uploading sub-tasks via Excel Import	As you are aware , you can mass upload User stories and Project tasks via Excel upload. Now the upload format also supports sub-tasks. To do it you can Create a Project task and a sub-task. Download as template Note the download format paying attention to parent row Modify the Template as per your needs Upload the Template to create Tasks and sub-tasks via Excel Import

Update Apr 21

Topic	Description
New Roadmaps	More Roadmaps released to production SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition ( new implementation) SAP S/4HANA private cloud edition ( system conversion)
Side Panel Navigation	Access to SAP Cloud ALM applications is now available via side Panel navigation
Linking multiple SAP Central Business projects	Now one SAP Cloud ALM Project can be linked to multiple SAP Central Business Configuration Projects
Task Type filter available in Overview Page	You can click on adapt filters and add Task Type filter in Overview Page

Update Mar 31

Topic	Description
Introduction of Task types	Task types can be Template Task Project task User story sub-task
Modification of task sources	Task sources can be SAP Cloud ALM Setup SAP Activate methodology Manually created Requirement Scoping
Introduction of story points	User stories can be assigned story points using modified Fibonacci sequence values 1,2,3,5,8,13,20,40,100

Update Feb 24

Topic	Description
Ability to create views	You can now create multiple views in Task list, show and hide filter attributes and set your own view as Default
New Foundation Deliverable	To help the customers perform the initial Setup a new Deliverable is introduced
Changed Default view of Task list	The Default view is changed to Group by Deliverable. You an easily access the Group icon to change it and save your own view if you wish.

Update Feb 10

Topic	Description
Phase as a Timebox	The phase in the Project will have start and end dates. If you have maintained the Phase dates as milestones in the past , we recommend you to revisit Project setup and ensure phase dates are as your expectations and adjust them as required.
Ability to create sprints	You can now create sprints in a Project
Ability to create user stories	You can create a new Task type called user stories
Ability to create sub tasks	You can create a new Task Type sub-task below a User Story
Hide or Unhide Projects	If you are not using a Project Actively , you can hide it, Later you can unhide it.
New Layout for Project Setup	Project Setup now shows a flexible column layout in which you can switch the project easily before entering the setup.

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