25.1.3 Tracking Features
Track features from initial concept through implementation. You can organize features by release, assignee, tags, or associated milestones.
- Viewing the Features Report
- Creating a Feature
- About Feature Email Notifications
- Updating or Deleting a Feature
- About Creating Parent Features
- How to Attach Files to a Feature
- Viewing Other Feature Reports
- Assigning or Updating Milestones Associated with Features
Parent topic: Managing Legacy Team Development (Deprecated)
25.1.3.1 Viewing the Features Report
Use the Features report to view and edit existing features, create new features, or delete features.
To view features:
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Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.2 Creating a Feature
To create a feature:
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"Renaming Focus Areas" and "Configuring Legacy Team Development Settings"
Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.3 About Feature Email Notifications
When you create a new features or update an existing feature, an email notification is sent to the feature owner and contributor and any assignees listed under User Interface, Testing, and Documentation.
About Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Features
Users who are not associated with a feature, can also receive email notifications by subscribing to the feature.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to a feature, go to the Features report, select the feature name, and click Subscribe or Unsubscribe as appropriate..
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Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.4 Updating or Deleting a Feature
When you update an existing feature, an email notification is sent to the feature owner and contributor and any assignees listed under User Interface, Testing, and Documentation. Users who are not associated with a feature, can also receive email notifications by subscribing to the feature.
To update or delete a feature:
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Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.5 About Creating Parent Features
You can group features hierarchically using the Parent Feature attribute. Selecting a Parent Feature creates a parent/child relationship. When viewing features in Tree view, features are grouped first by release and then by parent.
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Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.6 How to Attach Files to a Feature
If enabled at the workspace-level, you can attach files to features.
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"Downloading File Attachments" and "Enabling Support for File Upload in Team Development" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide.
Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.6.1 Attaching a File to a Feature
To use this feature, you must set the Enable File Repository attribute to Yes in Administration, Manage Service, Set Workspace Preferences.
To attach a file to a feature:
Parent topic: How to Attach Files to a Feature
25.1.3.6.2 Viewing, Editing, and Removing Attached Files
To view, edit, or remove attached files:
Parent topic: How to Attach Files to a Feature
25.1.3.7 Viewing Other Feature Reports
Click the tabs at the top of the Features page to view other reports including Tree, Calendar, History Progress Log, Focus Areas, and Owners.
- Viewing the Features Tree
- Viewing the Features Calendar
- Viewing The Feature History Report
- Viewing the Feature Progress Log
- Viewing the Feature Focus Areas Chart
- Viewing the Approval Statuses
- Viewing the Feature Owners Chart
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Parent topic: Tracking Features
25.1.3.7.1 Viewing the Features Tree
To view the Features tree:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.2 Viewing the Features Calendar
To view the Features Calendar:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.3 Viewing The Feature History Report
To view the Feature History report:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.4 Viewing the Feature Progress Log
Developers can track completed tasks associated with a feature under Progress.
To view the Feature Progress Log:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.5 Viewing the Feature Focus Areas Chart
The Focus Areas page displays a chart of the number of features per defined focus area by release.
To view the Feature Focus Areas chart:
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Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.6 Viewing the Approval Statuses
To view Features Approval Statuses:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.7.7 Viewing the Feature Owners Chart
To view the Features Owner chart:
Parent topic: Viewing Other Feature Reports
25.1.3.8 Assigning or Updating Milestones Associated with Features
To access Select a Utility:
Parent topic: Tracking Features