Graphs and Dashboard Pages Overview

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) graphs help you analyze and view the relationships between different types of data.

You can create the following types of graphs in ALM:

  • Business View Graphs. A graph based on a business view represents either a single entity or multiple entities, and reflects business value information only. For details about business view graphs, see Business View Graphs Overview.

  • Entity Graphs. Each graph is based on a single entity only, such as requirements or defects, and enables you to view any of the entity's attributes.

    When creating an Entity graph, you can use several graph types. For details on available types, see Entity Graph Types.

    When viewing Entity graphs, you can drill down to the records represented by each bar or segment.

After you have created graphs in the Analysis View module, you can select and arrange multiple graphs, and view them side-by-side in a dashboard page.

You can create graphs that include data from multiple ALM projects.

The following table lists the various options for creating graphs:

Option

Description

Available From

Graph Types
Predefined

Enable you to quickly analyze data related to a specific module. Predefined graphs display data from the existing module filter.

You can save predefined graphs in the Analysis View module for future reference.
  • Business Components module
  • Defects module
  • Requirements module
  • Test Lab module
  • Test Plan module
 Entity
Analysis View module

Enables you to filter data, set various configurations, and organize the graphs in folders.

 

 Analysis View module
  • Entity
  • Business View
Graph Wizard Guides you through the stages of creating and configuring a graph.
  • Analysis View module
  • Business Components module
  • Defects module
  • Requirements module
  • Test Lab module
  • Test Plan module
  • Entity
  • Business View (from Analysis View module only)

ALM Editions: Cross project graphs are not available for Quality Center Enterprise Edition, Quality Center Community Edition, or Quality Center Express Edition. For information about ALM editions and their functionality, see ALM Editions. To find out what edition of ALM you are using, ask your ALM site administrator.

For related tasks, see How to Generate a Graph and How to Generate a Dashboard Page.