The Releases tab was added in Web Runner, which enables you to create releases and cycles.

For details, see Create releases.

The Requirements tab was added in Web Runner, which enables you to create requirements.

For details, see Create and manage requirements.

You can now create folders and add test sets to folders in the Test Lab tab.

For details, see Define test sets and run tests.

You can now add workflow scripts to customize the user actions and user interface in Web Runner.

For details, see Customize workflow.

Defects tab enhancements

The following enhancements were included in the Defects tab:

• You can now sort defects by columns, and resize, show, and hide defect columns.

• The History tab was added to the Defect window. It shows history of defect field changes.

• You can now update one defect field for multiple selected defects at one time.

For details, see Create defects.

When designing your test steps, you can call to another test to include its steps in your test.

For details, see Design test steps.

You can now disallow specific user groups to access Web Runner.

For details, see Manage user groups and permissions.

Available for ALM SaaS.

Customer admin users can now access the Web Runner Admin page to enable or disable Web Runner or its modules.

A new graph type, Test Execution Treemap, is now available for test instances. It enables you to visualize the test execution results of your test sets.

For details, see Test Execution Treemap.

You can now filter a defect summary graph to view records that have specified changes during specified periods.

For details, see Configure summary graphs.

A new predefined project report, Test Set Execution Preview Report, is now available for the Test Lab module. It enables you to preview tests with parameters being set with actual values before executing them.

For details, see Project reports.

The Include automation test reports option was added for project reports. This options controls whether or not to include BPT test results as a .zip file in the downloaded project report package.

For details, see Project reports.

You can now create KPI cards in the Quality Insight Executive Dashboard for requirements and test instances.

You can monitor TEA host machines that run ALM automatic tests in Site Administration.

Site Administration REST API includes the following enhancements:

• Swagger-powered Site Administration REST API documentation

  ALM uses the Swagger API description format to provide more readable documentation for on-premises and SaaS Site Administration REST APIs. It replaces the previous Site Administration REST API help.

• Site Administration REST APIs for SaaS

  The Site Administration REST APIs for SaaS are now available. You can use these APIs to manage Site Administration for ALM SaaS.

For details, see Site Administration REST API Reference.

The domain and project level REST API includes the following updates:

• The order-by clause supports case insensitive sorting.

  You can now use the order-by clause to sort returned items by fields in the case insensitive way.

• Enhanced /qcbin/authentication-point/alm-authenticate

  The /qcbin/authentication-point/alm-authenticate authentication method now supports JSON. We recommend using this method for authentication.

• Potential deprecations

  The following authentication methods will be deprecated in a future version. We recommend you stop using them.

  • /qcbin/authentication-point/authenticate

  • /qcbin/api/authentication/sign-in

  To get authenticated, use the /qcbin/authentication-point/alm-authenticate authentication method instead.

For details, see REST API Reference (Core).

If the new ENABLE_AUDIT_LOGIN_LOGOUT_TIME parameter is set to Y, the user's last login and logout time is stored in the database.

When an asynchronous task is completed, a tooltip is shown in the task status button to inform you of the task completion.

For details, see Monitor asynchronous executions.

When you group connected users, the number of connected users in each group is shown in the group name.

For details, see Monitoring.

The ability to filter the License Usage Report data by domains/projects is now also available to ALM SaaS.

For details, see View license usage.

Available to ALM SaaS only.

The audit log table in the Monitoring > Audit Log tab is more modernized, improving usability.

For details, see Monitoring.

You can now set the password for the ALM td user when creating a MS-SQL (SQL Auth.) database.

For details, see Add database servers.

Site Administration now supports the following:

• (For on-premises only) AutoPass License Server

• CAC authentication

When you add a comment, your full name, in addition to your username, is also displayed in the Comments panel.

For details, see Add comments.

For any user drop-down list field, an icon is displayed next to each user to indicate whether or not the user is active.

For details, see User status indicator.