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    • How to filter executions based on custom added fields?
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  • 🖥️Desktop client
    • Getting started
      • Important notice: Deprecation of the desktop client in June 2025 [updated]
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    • Requirements Management
      • Dependency
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    • Test Management
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    • Reporting
      • Creating a Report
      • Creating a new report template
      • The Report Wizard
      • Basic Report Elements
      • Element tree structure
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      • Pivot Table
      • Sum Function
      • Script Development
      • Parametrization
      • Performance Improvements for Report Creation
      • Remove empty elements
      • Table of Contents
      • Invalid References
    • Agile Board
      • Configuring the Agile Component
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  • 💿Installation for on premise
    • System Requirements
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      • Desktop Client
      • Web Client
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    • Connection to Oracle Database 12.2c
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    • Content Security Policy (CSP) Settings
  • 🪄AI Copilot
    • Transform your testing and project management with aqua's AI Copilot
    • Enable and manage AI Copilot options
    • Create documents with ease with AI Copilot
    • AI Copilot: generate a comprehensive description for the test cases in just one click
    • AI Copilot - create test cases out of requirements or based on context in seconds
      • Create test cases from the navigation page
      • Create test cases from a requirement
      • Create a test case from a test case page
    • Generate test data with AI Copilot
    • Generate test case based on a file
    • Generate test cases in BDD format
    • Generate test cases with AI Copilot using test design techniques
    • Create user stories, BDDs, or PRDs based on a file
    • Create multiple user stories or BDDs with AI Copilot
    • Split or convert requirements
    • AI Copilot chat
  • 🔗Integrations
    • Jira sync: synchronize items between aqua and Jira projects
      • Before you begin: key steps for synchronization
      • Sync configurator set up
        • Sync Configurator options
      • Log in to the Sync Configurator
      • Sync of the projects between aqua and Jira
      • Fields mapping
        • Supported default Jira fields
        • General aqua and Jira fields compatibility
        • Special compatibility for aqua and Jira fields
      • Additional settings
        • Allow mapping of only selected values and ignore other field values for the sync
        • Automatic creation and mapping of field values
      • Troubleshooting
      • Synchronisaton of subtasks with aqua
      • Formatting support
    • Azure Devops sync
    • Jira link: create and/or link Jira issues to aqua tickets
    • aqua4Jira plugin: Cover Jira issue with aqua test cases
      • Installation of the plugin
        • aqua4Jira Plugin - Now Compatible with Jira Data Center!
      • Configuration in Jira
      • Configuration in aqua
    • Automatic display of test cases or test scenarios in Jira tickets
    • Confluence integration
    • Capture: record tests or create comprehensive bug reports
    • Testlink: importer tool for migrating test cases to aqua
    • SSO
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      • SAML Configuration
        • Installation
        • Sample
  • 🌀Automation
    • Desktop Client
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      • Configure Automation
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      • JMeter
      • SoapUI
      • Database
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      • Gitlab CI/CD: JAVA/Playwright
      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Cypress
      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Playwright
      • Gitlab CI/CD: TypeScript/Cypress/Cucumber
  • 🚀Product updates for on premise customers
    • Product updates
      • 25.47.0 - On Premise
      • 25.36.0 - On Premise
      • 25.31.0 - On Premise
      • 25.18.0 - On premise
      • 25.10.0 - On Premise
      • 24.135.0 - On Premise
      • 24.130.0 - On Premise
      • 24.126.0 - On Premise
      • 24.108.0 - On Premise
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      • 24.93.0 - On Premise
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      • 24.71.0 - On Premise
      • 24.53.0 - On Premise
      • 24.8.0 - On Premise
      • 23.140 - On Premise
      • 23.126.0 - On Premise
      • 23.102.0 - On Premise
      • 23.70.0 - On Premise
      • 23.22.0 - On Premise
      • 22.132.0 - On Premise
      • 22.123.0 - On Premise
    • Release Notes
      • 25.47.0 - On Premise
      • 25.36.0 - On Premise
      • 25.31.0 and 25.33.0 - On Premise
      • 25.26.0 - On Premise
      • 25.18.0 - On Premise
      • 25.10.0 - On Premise
      • 24.135.0 - On Premise
      • 24.130.0 - On Premise
      • 24.126.0 - On Premise
      • 24.114.0 - On Premise
      • 24.108.0 - On Premise
      • 24.101.0 - On Premise
      • 24.93.0 - On Premise
      • 24.83.0 - On Premise
      • 24.71.0 - On Premise
      • 24.53.0 - On Premise
      • 24.8.0 - On Premise
      • 23.140.0 - On Premise
      • 23.126.0 - On Premise
      • 23.102.0 - On Premise
      • 23.70.0 - On Premise
      • 23.22.0 - On Premise
      • 22.132.0 - On Premise
      • 22.123.0 - On Premise
  • 🚀Product updates for public and private clouds customers
    • Product updates
      • 25.47.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.36.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.33.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.18.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.10.0 - public and private cloud
      • 24.135 - public and private clouds
      • 24.130 - public and private clouds
      • 24.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.108.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.101.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.93.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.88.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.83.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.71.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.63.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.50.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.33.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.8.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.140 - public and private clouds
      • 23.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.107.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.92.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.70.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds 1/3
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds 2/3
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds 3/3
      • 23.22.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.132.0 - public and private clouds
    • Release notes
      • 25.47.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.36.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.33.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.31.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.24.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.18.0 - public and private cloud
      • 25.10.0 - public and private cloud
      • 24.135.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.130 - public and private clouds
      • 24.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.114.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.108.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.101.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.93.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.88.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.83.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.71.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.63.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.50.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.33.0 - public and private clouds
      • 24.8.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.140.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.126.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.107.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.92.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.70.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.46.0 - public and private clouds
      • 23.22.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.132.0 - public and private clouds
      • 22.123.0 - public and private clouds
    • 📢AQUA NEWS
      • 🔒 Rate Limits for Public Cloud Users
      • Preview of aqua's public API
      • aqua is now ISO 27001 certified and DORA Compliant
      • Upcoming changes to aqua API
      • AI Copilot launching for All public clouds users on January 27th!
  • 📹Capture
    • What is Capture?
    • Chrome extension installation
    • Capturing in Incognito mode
    • Using Capture with Edge
    • Capturing with video
      • Option to enable mic when capturing a screen and adding voice notes
      • Option to pause/resume while capturing the video
        • Masking sensitive information while capturing
    • Capturing with screenshot
    • Running a test execution
    • Last minute session replay
    • Masked inputs while creating captures
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Dependencies to existing items

In aqua, all dependencies between items are easily visualised using the dependency graph. You can access the dependencies view by clicking on 'Dependencies' in the navigation bar on the left side of an item.

You can access the dependencies view by clicking on 'Dependencies' in the navigation bar on the left side of an item. This will display all the dependencies for the selected item, as well as the dependencies of the dependent items. You can also switch to the tree view, where you can use a drop-down menu to scroll through further levels of traceability.

The dependencies can be automatically created, e.g. when a defect is created from a test case execution. You can also create further dependencies from the selected element to any other existing element.

To do this, click on an item type in the 'Set Dependency' section. Here you have an overview of all the items of that type in the project, and you can narrow the view further by selecting a folder on the left, or by entering a search term in the search bar. Then you can select the Link Items (Link Test Cases, Link Defects, etc.) button to link the desired items. You can also define a Dependency Type.

The different dependency types are for information purposes only and can be displayed in the dependency view as well as shown and evaluated in reports. In the following the possible dependency types for all item types in regards to all other item types are listed (in the tree view):

The different dependency types are for information purposes only and can be displayed both in the Dependency View, and in reports.

Below is a list of the possible dependency types for all item types in relation to all other item types (in the tree view):

For Requirements:

For Test Cases:

For Test Scenarios:

For Defects:

You can also remove dependencies at any time by clicking on the dependent item and then selecting the icon with the broken chain.

Dependencies can also be added using the context menu in the Item Browser. To do this, copy the item to the clipboard by right-clicking and selecting Copy. The next step is to right-click on the item for which you want to add the dependency and select the previously copied item, which will now appear under 'Add Dependency'.

Create new dependent item

You can also create new dependent items directly from existing items. To do this, open an item and select an item type from the 'Create Dependent Item' section in the ribbon. A new tab will open with a new item and a dependency will be added.

The dependencies can also be displayed in the in the navigation.

In addition to automatically creating a dependency between the two elements, field values from shared value sets and text fields can be automatically transferred. More information on this can be found in this .

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Dependencies view
Linking a new dependency to the existing item
Dependencies types for Requirements in relation to other elements
Dependencies types for Test Cases in relation to other elements
Dependencies types for Test Scenario in relation to other elements
Dependencies types for Defects in relation to other elements
Removing existing dependencies
Add dependencies by using the context menu
Creating dependent item directly from the existing one