Creating requirements from domain elements

You can create a requirement from a domain element. By default, this creates an association between the domain element and the new requirement.
This capability is configured in the Requirement Creation Policy in the Rational® RequisitePro® project properties. All domain element kinds are configured by default to create a requirement of a type that is based on the element kind; for example, a folder in the Resource linkable domain creates a requirement of the type FOLDER. The only exception is the UML use case, which is configured by default to create a requirement of the use-case requirement type with a UC tag prefix. The Requirement Creation Policy also has a default setting that links the associated artifacts after the requirement is created. You can modify this policy to create different relationships in your integration.
To create requirements from domain elements:
  1. Right-click a domain element in the Project Explorer view or a diagram and click Linkability > Add to Link Clipboard. The domain element is displayed in the Link Clipboard view.
  2. Right-click a package in the Requirements Explorer view and click Create Requirement from element name. This creates an associated requirement in the package.

    The type of requirement that is created is determined by the properties on the Requirement Creation Policy page in the Project Properties window. The association is direct or indirect, depending on the properties on the Link Policy page in the Project Properties window.

As an alternative to using the menu items as previously described, you can create the requirement by dragging a domain element from the Project Explorer view to a package in the Requirement Explorer view.

Related tasks
Creating domain elements from requirements
Related reference
Rational RequisitePro project properties reference

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