Traceability Graph
The Traceability Graph provides a bird's-eye visual view of your entire project's requirements with coverage indicators, helping you identify gaps and track completeness at a glance.
Overview
The Graph tab in the requirement detail panel displays all requirements organized by type into swim-lane columns, with color-coded coverage markers showing which artifacts are linked to each requirement.
Coverage Markers
Each requirement card shows five coverage markers:
| Marker | Color | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| T | Green | Test cases linked |
| F | Purple | FMEA analyses linked |
| J | Blue | Jira issue linked |
| G | Orange | Version history (changes recorded) |
| L | Cyan | Trace links to other requirements |
- Lit up (colored): The requirement has at least one artifact of that type
- Gray: No artifacts of that type linked yet
Coverage Score
Each requirement receives a coverage score from 0-5 based on how many marker types are present. This enables quick gap analysis.
Filtering
Three filter modes let you focus on what matters:
- All: Show all requirements (default)
- Gaps: Show only requirements with coverage score < 3 (needs attention)
- Complete: Show only requirements with coverage score >= 3 (well-covered)
Change Access from Graph
The G (Changes) marker is interactive. When a requirement has version history:
- Click the orange G badge on any requirement card
- A popover appears showing:
- Number of versions recorded
- Date of last change
- Last change summary (truncated)
- Click "View Full History" to navigate directly to the Changes tab with that requirement selected
This provides convenient access to change details without leaving the bird's-eye view.
Click any requirement card to select it. Click the G badge specifically to see change details and navigate to the full version history.
Coverage Summary
The header area shows aggregate statistics:
- Total Requirements: Count of requirements shown (respects filter)
- Test Coverage %: Percentage of requirements with test cases
- FMEA Coverage %: Percentage with FMEA analyses
- Jira Linked %: Percentage with Jira issues
- Fully Traced: Count of requirements with score >= 3
- Coverage Gaps: Count of requirements with score < 3
Export
Click Export CSV to download a traceability report containing:
- Custom ID, Type, Text, Status
- Test case count, FMEA count, Jira count, Change count, Trace link count
- Coverage score
This is useful for compliance audits and management reporting.
Swim Lane Organization
Requirements are grouped by type into vertical columns:
- Customer Request (sky blue)
- System Requirement (emerald)
- Subsystem Requirement (purple)
- Function Requirement (yellow)
- Sub-Function Requirement (rose)
Use Expand All / Collapse All to control visibility of each type group.
How It Relates to Other Features
| Feature | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Version Control | G marker shows version history; click through to Changes tab |
| Work Items | Work items are tracked separately in the Work Items panel |
| FMEA | F marker shows FMEA linkage |
| Jira Integration | J marker shows Jira linkage |