yKAP Bug Tracking Issue Management Software description
yKAP Bug Tracking / Issue Management Software - Powerful, cost effective, Customizable, Web/XML app to Track Bugs / Issues

yKAP Bug Tracking / Issue Management Software is a powerful, customizable, cost effective, web based (XML) bug / defect tracking, messaging, issue management product.

Apart from having a pleasing interface and being easy to learn, yKAP features include support for unlimited projects, test environments, attachments, exporting data into PDF/RTF/XLS/HTML/Text formats, rule-based email alerts, exhaustive search options, saving searches (public/ private), Auto-complete for user names, extensive reports, history, custom report styles, exhaustive data/trends analysis, printing, role-based security.

Apart from pre-defined values, yKAP allows the user to add custom values for system parameters such as Status, Defect cause, Defect type, priority, etc. yKAP is installed with complete help documentation.

Here are some key features of "yKAP Bug Tracking Issue Management Software":

· Create and track issues.
· Assign built-in or custom values for issue status, priority, sscomplexity.
· Assign Project/Module for the issue.
· Optionally enter a preferred closing date.
· View the complete history of an issue.
· Maintain "related issues" for any issue.
· Track issue Types and Causes (You can also add custom values for issue"causes" and "types" ).
· Enter steps to reproduce the issue.
· Add any document references.
· Select the "Testing environment". (A "Testing environment" represents the harware/software configuration under which the issue is encountered. A tester may setup multiple Testing environments and also set the default. When this tester enters an issue, the default Testing environment is automatically selected. This ensures maximum hardware/software configuration information is available while solving the issue.)
· Reassign all Issues assigned to a user to another user at one go.
· Create any type of Custom parameters to define an issue (see "Customize" section below).
· Update multiple issues simultaneously (Bulk Update) (Every parameter, including custom parameters, is "updatable" in bulk update).
· yKAP allows exhaustive customization. For example:
· Define custom values for "Stock" fields such as Status, Priority, Complexity.
· Define custom values for "Stock" fields such as Issue Type/Cause.
· Define a "Default Issue view" (the issue-list that is displayed when you login).
· Set number of issues to be displayed-per-page.
· Define rules for Email Alerts.
· Define almost any type of custom parameters for issues. The types that you can define are: Numeric, Short Text, Long Text, Free Text, Percentage, Date, User "Lookup" (combo - eg: "Approved By" ), System lookups (you can use almost all existing system lookup data - such as Module, Test Environment, Country, Role, etc - to define your custom lookup), Custom lookups (define your own custom combos).
· Define Parent-Child relationships for your custom lookups (combos).
· Define validation rules for your custom data - eg: Specify a minimum / maximum value for a numeric field, character length for a short text field, etc.
· Personalize all issues related screens - Group fields together, order the fields, etc.
· Save issues in any of these formats: PDF, RTF, XLS, HTML, Text.
· Use the "Send Email Alert" feature to send email notifications.
· Define rules for Email Alerts.
· Use the "Print" feature to preview and print one issue at a time or the entire list of currently selected issues.
· Choose from pre-built print design templates or create your own.
· yKAP lets you perform extensive analysis(current and trends) of your data with exceptional ease - without any programming. For example:
· Find out the average time taken to "close" an issue. - Find out under which software/hardware configuration your product has most issues.
· Compare the number of issues that were due to a particular cause (for example - developer error) this year as to last year.


Limitations:

· the Trial version is limited to 5 users, 25 issues, 25 defects and 25 messages.


Requirements:

Server requirements:
· Windows 2003 (with IIS)
OR
· Windows 2000 (with IIS)
OR
· Windows XP Professional (with IIS)
OR
· Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 4 or above) with Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack installed (IIS 4.0 + Microsoft Transaction Server-MTS) + IE 5.0 or above.

Database requirements:
· Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or later

· Note: yKAP Installation detects SQL Servers on your network. It is not necessary for the Installation machine to have SQL Server installed. But SQL Server Client Components need to be present on the Installation machine.

Client requirements:
· IE 6.0 or above

· Note: yKAP Installation automatically checks for system requirements.