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Jama Connect User Guide

What's included in the diagram

The interface for Live Trace Explorer includes a diagram with an overall Trace Score. The diagram consists of tiles that represent containers generated from the project tree, and trace paths that indicate the status of the relationships between the tiles.

The Live Trace Explorer diagram is labeled 1-11 with a numbered explanation that follows, identifying each area of the diagram.
  1. Diagram name — The name of your project or container (project, set, or component) that generated the diagram.

  2. Actions menu — Access to the Configuration panel, where you can change the diagram by enabling or disabling item types and relationships. You can also view the Traceability Information Model for a project.

    Your role and permissions determine which options are available from the Actions menu. For example, if you are the diagram owner, you can rename, delete, and save new default configurations for the current diagram.

    The Actions menu is expanded to list all available actions.

    If you aren't the diagram owner, the available options are more limited:

    Actions menu is expanded to list the available actions, which are limited if you don't own the diagram.

    For more information about the Live Trace Explorer roles and permissions, see Jama Connect Live Trace Explorer.

  3. Trace Score — The overall percentage (0–100%) of the expected relationships and items in the diagram.

    Next to the Trace Score, select Calculation (calculator button) to view a detailed summary of the Trace Score calculation and the configuration settings that influence the score.

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  4. Vertical trace path — The percentage of valid (green) or suspect (red) relationships between items in the two connected tiles. A gray line indicates no relationships exist. Hover over the percentage to reveal the number of valid or suspect relationships.

  5. Specification tile — The container with coverage details for a specific item or relationship. Select the arrow icon to access that particular data set in Jama Connect.

  6. Items — The list of items and counts that make up the content of a tile. Selecting an item from the list provides access to List View, which lists all items from the specification tile. From there, you can navigate to Single Item View to update and add relationships as needed.

    The UI shows a list of items in table form.
  7. Total coverage per tile — The sum of all individual relationship rule coverages. Helps you quickly identify which tiles and containers need attention.

  8. Coverage relationship rules — Shows the coverage percentage for each relationship rule. Select a rule to access Trace View, which is filtered to this specific set of items. Update and add relationships as needed.

    The Trace View of a selected rule from the diagram shows a specific set of items and their relationships.
  9. Horizontal trace path — The percentage of valid (green) or suspect (red) relationships between the specification tile and any of its related test cases. A gray line indicates no relationships exist. Hover over the percentage to reveal the number of valid or suspect relationships.

  10. Related test case tile — Container for all test cases related to the paired specification tile.

  11. Test plan coverage — A test case is covered when it belongs to a test plan.