Below is a list of items that have been marked as functional debt. It consists of functionality that is available in Blueriq Studio, but isn't available in Blueriq Encore 15.
Why a functional debt list?
We aim to offer a future-proof replacement for Blueriq Studio as quickly as possible without making any sacrifices in quality. A high adoption rate is essential. Given these constraints, we have postponed some features that are available in Blueriq Studio. We'd like to be transparent about these choices, hence a functional debt list.
How do items end up on this list?
Functionality that is available in Blueriq Studio but costs a lot of time to implement and for which there is a workaround for the Business Engineer ends up on this list.
Blocking functional debt
| Main functionality / editor | What | Workaround | Status | Available in version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Move element to another module | Use the duplicate option with which you can now duplicate to another module, even if this module is not connected. Then delete the original after duplication. | ||
| Manage groups | Edit group rights | - | 16.1 | |
| Specialization | Visualization of specialization on field level. | Specialization on element level is possible an visible. Switch between module definitions to see which fields are different between different definitions. | 16.6 | |
| Unit test | Quick test | Use the debug functionalities in the runtime such as the profile to test logic. | 16.7 | |
| Conflict resolution | Side by side comparison of editor content and difference report. | An option to make a copy of the element containing the conflict is added in order for the content to be compared manually. | 16.6 | |
| Domain schema | JSON preview | See the log file for the result or the OpenAPI specification | 16.4 | |
| Entity relationship diagram (ERD) | The ERD editor | To get an overview of entities and contextual attributes and relations, use entity editor. There is no workaround for making an own intersection of the model. | 16.5 | |
| Unit test | Copy a profile from another unit test | Manually create a profile | 16.4 | |
| Multiselect in editors | Selecting multiple items at once to delete/group them | Delete/group items one by one | 16.9, 16.10 | |
| Multiselect in navigation panel | Selecting multiple elements at once to open and delete them | Open and delete elements one by one | 16.9 | |
| Content item & Document | Convert inline text item to reusable text item | Manually create reusable text items. | 16.9 | |
| Import Document (RTF) | Creating a document from an existing (RTF) document | Create the document from the document editor. | 16.10 | |
| Flow | Create subflow | Manually create a subflow. | 16.6 | |
| Content item & Document | Copy/paste nodes with its children | Manually create the nodes. | 16.9 | |
| Content item & Document | Merge nodes | Manually merge nodes. | 16.10 | |
| Decision requirement diagram (DRD) | The Decision requirement diagram itself | - | 16.8 | |
| Asset | TSL support | Modeling TSL is still possible, but Encore does not validate TSL nor will it be present in the dependencies. | 16.4, 16.9 | |
| Labels | Adding labels to elements | - | 16.6 | |
| Domain schema | Convert a relation to reusable domain schema | Manually create a reusable domain schema. | 16.4 |
Non-blocking functional debt
| Main functionality / editor | What | Workaround | Status | Available in Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortcut keys | Using the keyboard as shortcut to perform actions. | Use the user interface instead. | ||
| Decision table | Autofit of a cell | Manually resize the column width. | ||
| Conversations | Making the conversations editor feature complete with respect to decision trees (container node, action node, bottom up modelling). | - | ||
| Comments | Adding comments to elements. | - | ||
| Unit test | Generating a profile based on the quick test | Manually create a profile | ||
| Specifications | All specification functionality: document viewer, implementation viewer, import document, link elements, specification matrix | - | ||
| Generate report | Generating a content report (.docx format) of the model | - | ||
| Libraries | Adding documents to library projects | - | ||
| Libraries & packages | List of available libraries and packages during the import of libraries and packages. | Import a library or package by uploading it. | ||
| Messages | Receiving messages send from the administration page or management service. | Use other means of communication. | ||
| Impact report | See what model validations you will introduce before saving a potentially impactfuls action. | - | ||
| Execution validations | The list of additional model validations that is generated by the runtime | Use the runtime dashboard to view the list of execution validations |