Rational RequisitePro requirements are stored in a project database. Although Rational RequisitePro uses IBM DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server databases for large projects, it also uses a run-time version of Microsoft Access that is included in the product for small, local projects and sample "learning projects." A Rational RequisitePro project includes a project file with the extension .rqs. This project file is used to identify key components of the project, including the database. In this lesson, you open a sample project that is delivered with Rational RequisitePro and use the sample project in subsequent lessons for associating requirements and linkable domain elements.
To open a requirements project: