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# What's New in ValueEdge

This topic includes descriptions of new features available in recent ValueEdge updates.

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## ValueEdge 16.0.400

The following updates are available in the build:

Area | Enhancement
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Summary widgets based on date fields | In summary widgets, you can now configure the x-axis to display date fields that are properties of the selected item, such as Closed on, Creation time, or Started. For details, see ALM Octane dashboard.
Shared epics | Space admins can now create shared epics that are inherited by all the workspaces. For details, see Shared items.
Auto actions | The following enhancements to auto actions are now available: You can now create auto actions to trigger GitLab jobs and generate document reports. For details, see Create a release process. Aborting an ALM Octane's auto action that runs a PulseUno job now aborts the corresponding job in PulseUno, and vice versa. For details, see Run a release process.
Favorite's name in the banner | The name of the selected favorite is now displayed in the top banner, next to the favorite icon. For details, see Favorites.
Flow time tracking for features | You can now track the entire flow time of your features, including the delivery activities. This provides greater visibility of your delivery process, and helps optimize your workflow. For details, see Determine the cycle time.
Associate repeated phases with waste | With the help of a business rule, you can now associate a work item's repeated phases with waste. For details, see Waste management - admin tasks.
Support for SpecFlow | You can now inject BDD test results from SpecFlow, using a report generation template file. For details, see Inject BDD test results from SpecFlow.
Jira plugin for ValueEdge | The ALM Octane – Test Management for Jira plugin is now available for Jira Cloud with ValueEdge. The plugin provides Jira users with test coverage information directly on native Jira epics, stories, issues, or custom types. For details, see ALM Octane – Test Management for Jira plugin.
Run pipeline from ALM Octane | You can now run an Azure DevOps pipeline from within ALM Octane. For details, see Pipelines and builds.

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## ValueEdge 16.0.316

The following updates are available in the build:

Area | Enhancement
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Extended root cause analysis widget | The root cause analysis widget has been extended to other work items besides defects, such as problematic features and epics. For details, see Root cause analysis widget.
Value Stream Management widgets | You can now track and optimize your value delivery process with the following widgets: Flow efficiency - waste time across releases: Track the waste time trend across releases. Use the widget AI insights to identify the top work items with the highest waste time in a scope. Waste time grouped by waste category across releases: Identify the main causes of waste in each time period. The widget helps you understand whether you've managed to reduce or eliminate any of the waste causes. For details, see Dashboard widgets: VSM category.
New scorecard widget | A new widget type allows you to display KPIs as single-number scorecards. For details, see Dashboard widgets: general.
Display averages in summary widgets | You can now display metrics on the y-axis as an average. For example, in a features summary graph, display the average number of feature story points assigned to each developer. For details, see ALM Octane dashboard.
Slow phase alerts | You can now identify slow phases in features and epics that exceed the phase time threshold set for your workspace. For details, see Analyze release progress and quality.
Risk-based testing insights for recommended tests | Risk-based testing analytics now provides insights for recommended tests. The insights help you understand why the tests are recommended. For example, the analytics recommends and prioritizes tests that should provide a good coverage of a selected area and reduce its quality risk. For details, see Quality risk insights.
Plan Run option for multiple tests | The Plan Run dialog is now consistent when selecting one or multiple tests. You can set field values for all of the selected tests, including values for user-defined fields. For details, see Plan and run manual and Gherkin tests.
Suggested teams and application modules | When you create a work item, ALM Octane can use AI analytics to suggest which teams and application modules should be assigned to the item, based on an analysis of the item's title. For details, see Suggestions for relevant teams and application modules (Technical preview).

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## ValueEdge 16.0.308

The following updates are available in the build:

Area | Enhancement
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Root cause analysis widget | With the new root cause analysis for problematic defects widget, you can define problematic defects, track them across releases, and identify the root cause of their problematic behavior. For details, see Root cause analysis widget.
Widgets for quality stories | You can now create custom widgets to report on quality stories. For details, see ALM Octane dashboard.
Business rule action: auto populate fields | Using a new business rule action, you can now auto populate fields of an item based on the field values of a related item. For example, copy the description of a suite run from the test suite. For details, see Rule examples.
Auto action audit trail | You can now view changes to the auto action fields in the system activity log. For details, see Miscellaneous workspace admin tasks.
History audits | You can now retrieve a history audit using OData and REST API calls. Additional parameters let you specify an offset within the data. For details, see Retrieving history records - OData (technical preview) and View history (technical preview).

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See also:

- What's New in ALM Octane 16.0.400
- Introducing ValueEdge

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