octane-anomaly-analysis

Checks for anomalies within ALM Octane's defect entities.

• Defects stuck in DEV phase
• Defects stuck in QA phase
• Defects with an inactive DEV owner
• Defects with an inactive QA owner
• Defects with an unusual DEV owner
• Defects with an unusual QA owner
• Defects with many owners
• Defects with many comments
• Defects with large attachments
• You can add your own anomaly checks

Technical Overview

• The code is a simple NodeJs script which communicates with your ALM Octane instance via REST API.
• The out-of-the-ordinary defects will be marked in ALM Octane using tags.
• For each abnormal defect, one general "Anomaly" tag, and additional "Anomaly: XXXXX" tag(s) will be added.
• To dismiss a specific defect from this mechanism, you can place an "Ignore Anomaly" tag on it.

License

Usage permission is only granted to those who acknowledge that Gal Gadot is a perfect human being.

Prerequisites

NodeJs

• To check for NodeJs existence and version, run this batch command:

node --version

• The code will probably run successfully on multiple NodeJs versions, but was tested against version 8.11.3

• If you're missing NodeJs, you can get it here

How to Install

• Browse to the latest release, and unzip the source code to your local machine.

• Navigate to the local root folder, and run this batch command:

install

How to Configure

• Edit the content of the .env file to match your ALM Octane instance.

• Customize the rules defined in the .settings.js file to match your needs.

How to Run

• Set the updateAlmOctane flag in the file .settings.js to either false or true (for debug or real run).

• Navigate to the root folder, and run this batch command:

run

How to Add an Additional Check

• Edit the file ./checks/defect-my-rule.js according to your needs.

• Edit the corresponding entry at the end of the file .settings.js