Review Tab
The Review tab provides options to accept and reject review items, add various types of comments, sign reviews, and view review statistics. These options are shown in the following image:
1. Left Pane
2. Items Overview Pane
3. Review Actions
4. Right Pane
5. Context Menu Options
6. Complete Review
Left Pane
The left pane displays all the review items that are available in the review. The items are displayed in a tree view indicating parent-child relationships between the items. You can also use the Search items box to find the required review items.
On hovering over a review item, the more menu is displayed. The following options are available on this menu:
Open: Select this option to open the review item and see its details.
Open in a new tab: Select this option to view the details of the review item in a new tab on the browser.
Items Overview Pane
This pane displays the details of the selected review item along with the operations that can be performed at the review level. The following actions can be performed on the selected review item in the right pane:
Options
Description
Click to see the details of the review item in the same window.
Click to approve the selected review item.
Click to reject the selected review item. On clicking a new window for adding the comment for rejecting the item opens. For more information, see Rejecting a Review Item
Click to see the comments added for the review item in the Items Comments list.
Indicates the current version of the review item.
Click to see the new available version of the review item. After you click this option a new window opens and displays all the fields modified in the latest version.
Review Actions
This section of the page contains additional review actions. These actions enable you to filter items, sign reviews, export reviews and approve or reject review items.
Filter list: You can filter the review items based on the following pre-defined conditions in this list:
All items: Displays all review items on the center panel.
Number of items I have approved: Displays the items that have been approved by the current user.
Number of items need more work: Displays the items that have been marked as Needs More Work by the current user.
Number of items I have reviewed: Displays the items that have been approved or rejected by the current user.
Number of items I have not reviewed: Displays the items that have not been reviewed by the current user yet.
Number of items with my comments: Displays the items to which the current user has added a comment.
Number of items with comments: Displays the items to which any of the reviewers has added a comment.
Items updated since the review was created: Displays the items or its references that have been updated since the current review started.
Number of items updated since the review was restarted: Displays the items that have been updated since the current review was restarted.
Number of restarted review items: Displays of items review restarted.
: Click to access the following review level options that you can use to perform different operations during the review process:
Approve all Items: Click to approve all the review items. This option overrides all the previous votes and marks all the review items as approved.
Reject all Items: Click to reject all the review items. On selecting this option, the Comment for rejecting all items in the review window opens. Enter your comment in the comment section and click Save.
Export: Click to export the review. For more information, see Exporting a Review.
Sign Review: Click to open the Sign review window and sign the review. For more information, see Signing a Review.
Right Pane
This pane contains the following lists that can be expanded or collapsed:
Review Description: Click to see the description of the review.
Item Statistics: Click to see the review item statistics. This list displays the review statistics for the selected review item. For more information, see Review Statistics.
Item Comments: Click to see the comments added for the review item.
Options to search and filter comments are provided. Click to filter the comments based on the following criteria:
COMMENT TYPE: Select the following options under this section:
Comments
Questions
Problems
Changes
COMMENT STATUS: Select the following options under this section:
Resolved
Open
: Click the slider icon to see the work item comments for the review item.
After you click this icon, it changes to . This indicates that the work item comments for the selected review item are also displayed.
You can add a comment or view an existing comment for the selected review item. There are multiple actions available for the comments. For more information, see Comments Tab.
Context Menu Options
The context menu contains the following options:
Edit Review: Click to edit the review. After you select this option, the Edit Review window opens. For more information, see Editing a Review.
Cancel Review: Click to cancel the selected the review. After you select this option, the Cancel Review Confirmation window asking for your confirmation opens. Once a review is cancelled, it cannot be restarted.
Complete Review
Select the Complete Review option to mark the review as completed. After you select this option, the Finish Review window opens. For more information on completing the reviews, see Finishing the Review.
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The context menu options and Complete Review are also available on the Comments tab, Statistics tab, and History tab.
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