Creating partition definitions

Create a partition definition and add the modules that you want to include when you export the partition. Set the access rights for the modules and select the attributes and views that you want to include with each module that you add.

Before you begin

Make sure there are no active change proposals against objects in any of the modules you plan to include in the partition definition. If modules included in the partition definition have active change proposals against them, the project is locked when the partition file is imported, even if the modules are partitioned with read-only access.

Log in to Rational® DOORS® as a project manager, database manager, or custom user who has the power to partition data.

Procedure

  1. In the database explorer, select the project that you want to create a partition definition for, and then click File > Properties. You must have create access to the project.
  2. Click the Partition Definitions tab, and then click New.
  3. Type a name for the partition definition, and optionally type a description, and then click OK.
  4. Select the modules that you want to add, and select the access rights that you want to apply to them when they are imported.

    The access rights option limits the access rights that anyone importing the partition has to the modules.

    For example, if you select Read and Modify when you add a module, users who import the partition cannot assign Create or Delete access. If a user adds create or delete access to the imported modules, the additional access rights are ignored. A user with Admin rights to the project where the partition is imported can restrict the access for particular users or groups. For example, they might let the one group have read and modify access and give everyone else read access.

    By default, the attributes and views for each module that you add are included with the same access rights that you gave to the module. You can remove attributes and views from the partition definition, and you can change the access rights for them.

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