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Initiating Reviews
You can initiate a review from several launch points in Codebeamer and Codebeamer X:
Initiating a review in Codebeamer X
If you are using Codebeamer X as the preferred UI, initiate reviews using the following launch points:
• On the Codebeamer X Home screen: Click the Reviews list and select an option from the list. For example, Create Review.
• From a Tracker: Open a tracker, click more menu and hover over Start review option. Select any one of the following options to start the review:
◦ All...: Select this option to create a review of all the selected tracker items and their child items.
◦ Selection: Select this option to create a review of only the selected items and their child items recursively or not. Ensure that you select the required items before initiating the review.
The Create Review wizard opens.
• From Reports:
1. Click Reports > All Reports and open the required report.
2. In the Reports page, select all items or the required items to initiate a review of items in the report.
3. Click Send to Review on the more options menu.
The Create Review wizard opens.
Initiating a review in Codebeamer
If you are using Codebeamer as the preferred UI, initiate reviews using the following launch points:
• From Codebeamer Home screen: Click Review Hub. You are taken to the All Reviews page in Codebeamer X.
• From a Tracker: You can initiate a review from the trackers page in the following ways:
◦ From more menu: Open a tracker and select one of the following options on the more menu:
▪ Send to Review Hub: Select this option to create a review of all the tracker items and their child items.
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When creating a review for all items of a tracker, the review reflects the child-parent hierarchy of the original items. However, this hierarchy is not updated in case the review is restarted.
▪ Send Selection to Review Hub: Select this option to create a review of only the selected items in the tracker. Ensure that you select the required items before initiating the review. This option is available in Table View and Document View.
◦ Left Pane of the Tracker items page: On the left pane of the tracker items page, right click a tracker item and select Send selection to Review Hub. You can select any of the following options to proceed:
▪ Send only Selection: Click to send the selected item for review.
▪ Include Children: Click to send the selected item and it’s child items for the review.
The Create Review wizard opens.
• From Reports: To initiate a review for the items returned by a specific report, open the report and select the option available in the action bar.
The Create Review wizard opens.
• From Releases: To initiate a review for all the items which are currently assigned to a specific sprint or release, do the following:
◦ Navigate to the Dashboard or Kanban Board of the release or sprint.
◦ Select Send to Review Hub from the more menu. Using the Kanban Board, you also have the option to filter the items before initiating a review.
The Create Review wizard opens.
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The following tracker types are supported by Review Hub: Requirement, Risk, User Story, Change Request, Task, Bug, Issue, Test Case, Test Set, Test Configuration, Document tracker, Test Run, Configuration item, and Epic.
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