View Rally Revision History

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Viewing revision history

Rally systematically captures each field level change any time you edit or update a work item, and places changes in a Revisions page.

Each time a change is made, the revision number of the work item is automatically incremented, and the date and time of the change along with the name of the team member who authored the change are inserted into the history. Rally also allows you to add a comment or description of the change, using the Change Description field in work item editors. Both the system generated and user comments are displayed in the Revisions page.

To view your revision history, select the Revisions link from the appropriate work item details page sidebar.

Location of revisions link

Revision triggers

There are multiple circumstances which prompt a revision to be created for a work item in Rally. In some instances the system automatically generates the revision, and in other cases a user action initiates the revision by editing a work item.

The following table displays the triggers that produce a revision:

Work item Revision trigger
All work items
  • Any direct edit/update of a work item
  • Add/remove attachments
  • Multi-edit multiple attributes from the Actions menu button
Releases and iterations
  • Add/remove/delete work items
Test cases
  • Add test case result
Workspaces
  • Any direct edit/update of a workspace
  • Changing a work item field to required or optional
  • Changing a work item field to hidden or visible
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