{"id":1120,"date":"2013-02-28T16:22:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T00:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Polarion-Blog\/Polarion-2013-New-and-Noteworthy\/ba-p\/380743"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:40:09","slug":"polarion-2013-new-and-noteworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/polarion-2013-new-and-noteworthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Polarion 2013 &#8211; New and Noteworthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve seen my other post &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/3032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Polarion 2013 &#8211; Just Released<\/A>&#8221; &#8211; you know we have just released version 2013 of the Polarion product line. That post summarizes the features we iteratively developed and released to our customers&nbsp;during the past year, but which are actually features of version 2013. (Yes, is a bit different from what you may be used to from other software companies&#8230; but it&#8217;s how we deliver new and enhanced functionality to our users on a regular, predictable basis.)<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of <EM>this<\/EM> post is to highlight the new and noteworthy changes\/features&nbsp;<STRONG>added to Polarion 2013 since <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/2786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Polarion 2012 SR3<\/A><\/STRONG>.(A list of all the issues addressed in this release is provided in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarion.com\/products\/resolved_workitems.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Resolved Work Items file<\/A>.) So let&#8217;s look now at the &#8220;latest-greatest&#8221; new things.<\/p>\n<p><SPAN style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Diagraming<\/SPAN><\/p>\n<p>Create and edit many types of diagrams right in your LiveDoc\u2122 specification documents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/diagram1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3042\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"diagram1\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/diagram1.png\" width=\"719\" height=\"440\" \/><\/A><\/p>\n<p>Or attach them to work items.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/diagramWI.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3041\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"diagramWI\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/diagramWI.png\" width=\"659\" height=\"327\" \/><\/A><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And edit them in the online diagram editor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-5.00.42-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3049\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-27 at 5.00.42 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-5.00.42-PM.png\" width=\"759\" height=\"630\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H2>Searching Attachment Content<\/H2><br \/>\nWork Item, Document, and\/or Wiki attachment content is being indexed, so you can search for artefacts by searching the attachment content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/attachment-content-search.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3040\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"attachment content search\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/attachment-content-search.png\" width=\"457\" height=\"171\" \/><\/A><\/p>\n<p>You can also search for attachments on the site search.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/attachment-site-search.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3039\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"attachment site search\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/attachment-site-search.png\" width=\"738\" height=\"262\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H2>Duplicate Work Items<\/H2><br \/>\nWhen duplicating work item, user can select what properties will be duplicated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.55.10-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-27 at 4.55.10 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.55.10-PM.png\" width=\"574\" height=\"540\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H2>Document Attachments<\/H2><br \/>\nIt is possible to manage (add, remove, update&#8230;) document attachments in a same way as work item attachments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.56.11-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3045\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-27 at 4.56.11 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.56.11-PM.png\" width=\"662\" height=\"649\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H2>System Engineering Project Template<\/H2><br \/>\nNew project template designed for system engineering, reflecting all the best practices of or Professional Services team<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.57.27-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3046\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-27 at 4.57.27 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-4.57.27-PM.png\" width=\"724\" height=\"254\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H2>Connectors<\/H2><br \/>\n<H3>Polarion Connector for HP Quality Center\u2122 (HP QC)Platform Enhancements<\/H3><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-5.05.46-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3051\" style=\"border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; box-shadow: gray 5px 5px 5px; margin: 20px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-27 at 5.05.46 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-27-at-5.05.46-PM.png\" width=\"755\" height=\"420\" \/><\/A><br \/>\n<H3>Polarion Connector for Atlassian JIRA\u2122<\/H3><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<H2>Platform Enhancements<\/H2><br \/>\n<H3>External Repositories<\/H3><br \/>\nThe user-password in repositories.xml is encrypted<br \/>\n<H3>Custom Admin Changes<\/H3><br \/>\nNew API has been added to plug admin page for custom extension to Polarion Administration portal.<br \/>\n<H2>More&#8230;<\/H2><br \/>\nFor a summary of everything that has gone into the making of Polarion 2013 in the past year, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/3032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Polarion 2013 &#8211; Just released&#8221;<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>Or jump directly to:<br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n\t<LI>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/1990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><STRONG>SR1<\/STRONG><\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; Robust handling of concurrent LiveDoc modifications: concurrent non-overlapping granular changes are automatically merged and people can easily review the result (and of course the history).<\/LI><br \/>\n\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/2438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><STRONG>SR2<\/STRONG><\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; Work Items Table presentation: vertical\/horizontal pane layout, an optional compact mode, and text wrapping in table cells.<\/LI><br \/>\n\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.polarion.com\/archives\/2786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><STRONG>SR3<\/STRONG><\/A>&nbsp;&#8211; Additional Custom Fields types: user role, project,project group, build, document, wiki page.<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><br \/>\n<H2>Where to Get Polarion 2013<\/H2><br \/>\nPolarion 2013 is a free update for customers with a current maintenance subscription. You can&nbsp;<STRONG>download<\/STRONG>&nbsp;the update distribution at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarion.com\/downloads\/update.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.polarion.com\/downloads\/update.php<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve seen my other post &#8211; &#8220;Polarion 2013 &#8211; Just Released&#8221; &#8211; you know we have just released version 2013 of the Polarion product line. 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