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Managing a Feature Tree

After creating a feature tree (see Creating a Feature Tree), you can perform the operations described in this section on it.

Prerequisites

You have created a feature set in an IPD-system device project, and have feature set permissions for the project.

Procedure

On the project homepage, choose Work > Req > Feature Tree, and perform the following operations.
Figure 1 Feature tree list
Table 1 Managing a feature tree

Operation

Procedure

Search for feature set
  1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
  2. Enter a keyword in the search box to search for the target feature set.

Associate system feature with feature set

You can create system features or associate existing ones with a feature tree. System features of the same type can be put in the same feature set for easy management.

  • Creating a system feature
    1. Click the name of the feature set to associate a system feature.
    2. Click SF.
    3. Enter system feature information. For details, see Procedure.
    4. Click OK. The new system feature is displayed under the corresponding feature set.

Create feature tree baseline snapshot

You can create a baseline based on the current feature tree version.

  1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
  2. Click . The Feature Tree Version Snapshot dialog box is displayed.
    Figure 2 Creating a feature tree snapshot
  3. Enter a snapshot name.
  4. Click OK.

    By default, the current version is displayed. To the snapshot record of the feature tree version, click on the right and select the version to be viewed. The snapshot of the corresponding version is displayed.

    Figure 3 Viewing feature tree version snapshots

Compare feature tree version snapshots

You can compare feature tree snapshots of different versions.

  1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
  2. Click . The snapshot comparison page is displayed.
  3. Select the baseline snapshot version to be compared.
  4. Click the name of the system feature to be compared. The system feature comparison page is displayed.

    If a system feature is snapshotted for multiple times based on the feature tree, multiple versions will be generated. You can select and compare different versions.

    To compare system feature versions, check historical versions on the Feature Tree page.

    1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.

    2. Click the names of the system features to be compared. The version comparison page is displayed.
    • If a system feature is snapshotted for multiple times on the Feature Tree page, multiple versions will be generated. You can select and compare different versions.

Import feature tree
Use the provided template to import a feature tree.
  1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
  2. Click on the right of Current Version, and select Import Feature Tree.
  3. In the displayed dialog box, click Download Template.
  4. Set the fields in the template. For details, see the import description in the template file.
  5. Select the file to be imported.
  6. Click Import and complete the import as prompted.

Export feature tree
Export a feature tree with desired fields to an Excel file.
  1. On the project homepage, choose Feature Tree.
  2. Click on the right of Current Version, and select Export Feature Tree.
  3. In the displayed dialog box, select fields to be exported.
  4. Click Export.

    After the feature tree is exported, the file will be automatically downloaded to the local PC. The file format is .xlsx.