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Lesson 2.2: View proxy requirements

In this lesson, you will examine the proxy requirements that were created by the associations you made in the previous lesson.
The association between the requirement and the folder that you used in lesson 2.1 is indirect. The requirement is marked with a diagonal arrow on its icon . The requirement is associated with the folder; the two are related, but are distinctly different artifacts. When you made the association in lesson 2.1, a proxy requirement was created in Rational® RequisitePro®. This proxy serves as a placeholder in Rational RequisitePro for the associated domain element. Because the proxy is a requirement in Rational RequisitePro, you can establish traceability from the proxy to one or more requirements in the project. Traceability between the original target requirement and the proxy is created when the indirect association is made.

To view proxy requirements, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Project Explorer view, expand My Tutorial Project and right-click the Secure Payment folder.
  2. Click Linkability > Select in Requirement Explorer.

    The following folders are displayed in the Requirement Explorer view: Learning Project - Use Cases > Eclipse Element Proxies > resource > My Tutorial Project. Notice the requirement FOLDER1 Secure Payment; this is a proxy for the folder domain element.

    The inserted graphic shows the proxy folder and file structure.

  3. Expand the Secure Payment folder in this directory.

    Notice the proxy requirement "FILE1 Customer authentication." The proxy requirement icons are marked with a horizontal arrow that indicates a direct link to the folder and file domain elements. The name of the folder, the file, and their proxies typically remain synchronized because the proxies represent the domain elements in Rational RequisitePro.

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