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Commenting Report

By Maqsusi Digital Industries Software
For Siemens Polarion ALM.

Overview
  • The Commenting Report in Polarion ALM provides a unified analytical view of all user comments made within project documents and work items.
  • It enables project teams to monitor collaboration, feedback trends, and review activities efficiently.
  • Developed in Velocity (.vm) scripting, the report integrates seamlessly into Polarion’s Live Report environment.
  • It leverages core APIs such as TrackerService, ProjectService, and CommentManager for real-time data retrieval.
  • The report dynamically lists all project documents in a dropdown, allowing users to select and analyze specific comment sets.
  • Upon selection, JavaScript reloads the report context and fetches all related comments for the chosen document.
  • Each comment’s text, author, created date, and modified date are displayed in a structured HTML table.
    The interactive UI ensures quick access and clear visibility into document review discussions.
    It improves traceability by centralizing collaboration data, making audits and review tracking straightforward.
  • Velocity macros and modular code enhance maintainability, allowing easy customization or extension.
  • The report supports review efficiency, quality control, and accountability across distributed teams.
    Overall, the Commenting Report acts as a key collaboration intelligence tool within Polarion ALM, bridging communication gaps and improving documentation transparency.
Functinal Flow
  • User opens the live report, initializing the project context via $page, $projectService, and $trackerService.
  • The macro #listAllDoc populates the dropdown with all project documents dynamically.
  • On selection, JavaScript reloads the report with the chosen document as a parameter.
  • Velocity retrieves the selected document’s comments using getComments() API.
  • Comments are displayed in an interactive HTML table showing author, text, and timestamps.
Benefits
  • Provides a consolidated overview of all comments across project documents or work items.
  • Enhances transparency and collaboration by highlighting active discussions.
  • Saves time by allowing users to review all comments without opening each document manually.
  • Helps project leads track review progress, unresolved comments, and author contributions.
  • Improves communication traceability for audits and compliance reviews.
Future Enchancements
  • Add filters by author, date, or comment type (e.g., open, resolved, review).
  • Integrate graphical charts showing comment trends and user participation metrics.
  • Enable export to Excel/PDF and role-based comment visibility.
  • Introduce notifications or alerts for newly added or unresolved comments.
  • Optimize with REST API and caching to handle large datasets efficiently.

Samples

Vendor

Maqsusi Digital Industries Software 

Published by

Hyder Ali Khan

Products
  • Polarion ALM
  • Polarion QA
  • Polarion Requirements
  • Polarion X  

Polarion Version

2506