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Topic Title: Requirements imported to DOORS Topic Summary: Maximum number of requirements imported to DOORS Created On: 27-Mar-2007 07:52 Status: Post and Reply |
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Hi, Is there a maximum number of requirements that can be exported from a Word document into DOORS? We are planning to export some requirements documents from Word into DOORS, and some of the documents have too much information. Thanks.
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There is no limit on the amount of information that can be imported into doors.
However, import from word is slow and can fail if the importer encounters some URLs or large tables. You may find that very large documents will need splitting up before import, so you can import them in reasonable sized chunks. I would also recommend doing a little pre-processing on your word documets before you start. By this I mean remove anything you don't need such as table of contents. Also make sure that the word document has a good hierarchical structure - DOORS recognises the standard heading styles and uses these to construct the module hierarchy. ------------------------- Tony Goodman http://www.smartdxl.com |
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I've had no problem with the number of requirements. Large documents just take longer and more resources.
Although it is a good idea to do some trimming before hand to remove cover pages, company logo jpegs, tables of contents etc. All can be imported and edited in DOORS, it's just easier to do those things in a word processor first. Tables are a pain to control in DOORS so should be reviewed to decide if they would be better held as images. Sometimes images, especially pictures, cause problems and may be better inserted by cut and paste rather than import. I've had imports freeze when dealing with large jpeg images. If you're really worried split the document and import each section in turn. |
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Nice to know my experiences and practices align with the experts.
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You might also want to consider the size of DOORS module that you will be working with. While the tool imposes no practical limit, you will find some 'ease of use' issues. In the same way that a very large Word document is awkward, so is a very large DOORS module.
I would aim for somewhere between 10 and 100 pages of printed document per DOORS module. Any less than that and you have too many modules to open to get to a reasonable amount of information and any more than that and you have trouble finding the right place in a module. Obviously this all depends on your data structure and there are no hard rules here. It is easier to find what you want in a DOORS module than in a Word document because you can filter and use database functionality to display the data you are interested in. The other consideration is time taken to open a DOORS module; if it is 'too large' it will take a 'long time' to open. The definition of too large is a tough one and dependent on your network and your client machine as well as the actual content of the module. Does anyone else have a better rule of thumb for 'useable' module sizes? Hazel |
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quote: I do not believe this is true. DOORS uses the 'Outline level' to create the hierarchy. In a 'good' Word document these are in correpondence e.g., style Heading 3 will have Outline level = Level 3 AND Level 3 will be associated only with Heading 3. I have encountered a customer Word document where this was not true and caused erroneous hierarchy in DOORS. |
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Yes, its the 'Outline Level' that is recognized by DOORS to distinquish Headings from Text, and also to determine the level of the Headings.
Fortunately, the MS-Word 'Document Map' aligns itself with 'Outline Level'. Thus, before import you shoudl view the Word Document Map and make sure everthing in there are the headings you like. You can click on something that's not supposed to be a heading, format properties and changes the Outline Level to Body Text. Then select the next paragraph that's not supposed to be there and cntl-Y to repeat the formatting. I've noticed that Captions tend to have an Outline Level. I've also seen documents where just about everything does. When done, the Document Map should look pretty sniffy ..err.. spiffy. The only real problem comes when you goof in the hierarchy in Word, e.g. putting a Heading 4 paragraph under a Heading 2; skipping 3. I think DOORS will force it to level 3 which will probably mess up other parts of the document. - Louie |
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quote: DOORS will insert an empty level 3 object if you put a H4 directly after a H2, it will not mess about with the levels of things you are importing, but it will force a structrue around that to allow it to exist. Options for viewing in Word are many; as an alternative to Louie's sugggestion you could use the Outline View which allows you to see the structure of the document and adjust it relatively easily, or you could use the normal view and show the style area (Tools>Options), this displays the name of the style in a column down the left hand side. You could also consider saving as an RTF and importing that way. So many options to choose from :-) Hazel |
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Bingo!! That's what we ended up doing, converting the doc to RTF and then pulling it into a newly opened empty DOORS module. I had a about 8 pages of how-to-prepare-Word-for-DOORS and it got hoplessly out of hand; converting to RTF gracefull dealt with all those odd-ball Word options that DOORS didn't like.
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Bingo!! That's what we ended up doing, converting the doc to RTF and then pulling it into a newly opened empty DOORS module. I had a about 8 pages of how-to-prepare-Word-for-DOORS and it got hoplessly out of hand; converting to RTF gracefull dealt with all those odd-ball Word options that DOORS didn't like.
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quote: If you do have tables, you should probably paste them in as OLE objects. Basically, copy the table from your document in Word and Paste Special in your DOORS module. When you Paste Special in DOORS, be sure to select Microsoft Word Document... Pasting it in this way will give you a table that should appear the same as it does in your Word document AND it will be editable when you double-click in the table in DOORS. If the following error message appears upon pasting: Then you need to save and close the module, and close DOORS. When you reopen DOORS, you should be able to create an OLE object in that module. ------------------------- jacqueline.schertz@ge.com GE Healthcare System Requirements Specialist Edited: 20-Apr-2007 at 19:11 by Jacqueline Schertz |
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"I would aim for somewhere between 10 and 100 pages of printed document per DOORS module. Any less than that and you have too many modules to open to get to a reasonable amount of information and any more than that and you have trouble finding the right place in a module."
We import large Word documents (upto 200 pages) to DOORS . As long as the Word document is well-structured, there is no problem in importing. |
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