A Comparison Between the Old Process & the New One

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Translating from the Defect Control Sheet to Remedy. 
Defect Control Sheet Area Remedy Ticket Area If Not, is There a Remedy Ticket Work Around? Effective change after Migration
Phase First "Release" field   None.
# CSR Number. Old cases will be linked with the bottom "Patch Number" field. Tracking numbers will be numeric only after the migration.
Date Date Opened   None.
Area Not Used. Test Area (see below) None, this field is currently unused in the defect control sheet.
Test Area Test Area drop down list.   None.
Reported By Called In By   Full name and contact information will be present, rather than just the initials.
Error Path None Information will be placed as the first line of "Detail" Will not be able to catalog cases by Error Path, however, this is not a field used for cataloguing now.
DB Location None Information will be placed as the second line of "Detail" Dependencies will capture the country impacted by the defect. Will not be able to catalog cases by DB Location, however, this information can be attained, and Remedy adds the capability of searching by country.
Error Type None Details will be placed in the "Call Log" None.
Description Detail field.   None. The detail field and the comments may become more readily apparent and enhance communication.
Comments Call Log area.   Remedy's Call Log area is a limitless library. All information can be catalogued, and every entry or change to the case is time stamped in Remedy.
Severity Severity   None.
Patch No. Patch Number   Multiple patch numbers can be recorded in the event that the defect requires more than one patch to be resolved.
ETA ETR   None.
Date Patched   Time stamped in the Call Log. Will not be a searchable field.
Snumber Vendor Call Number   None.
Knumber Fix Number   Multiple Fix Number fields allow for updating this Astea Link number so that it can be specific to each patch if needed.
Astea Fix Status Int. Status   Adds the capability of tracking internal status as well as Astea Status. We will not have to find out the status from Astea, rather, ICOA can simply pull up the case and find out.
STK Assigned To Owner   None
Retest Status None Can be derived from a brief look at the Remedy ticket, and from the details provided in the Call Log. None.
Defect Resolution Date Modified Date Modified Date field will show the last time that the ticket was modified, i.e. after the ticket was closed following resolution.  

So Why did we make the change?