You can create an indirect association
by linking domain elements and requirements through proxy requirements
and traceability.
By default, the integration
generates a proxy requirement for any associated domain elements other
than UML use cases. The proxy requirement represents the domain element
within Rational® RequisitePro®.
The integration also creates traceability from the proxy to the requirement
that you selected for the association.
These instructions
assume that your project properties are configured with the default
properties on the Link Policy page, in which
all non-use-case elements and requirements are linked with indirect
associations.
To create an indirect association:
- Right-click a requirement in the Requirement
Explorer view and click .
- Right-click a non-use-case domain element in the Project
Explorer, Package Explorer, or Navigator view
and click . A proxy requirement is created in the Eclipse Element
Proxies package in the Requirement Explorer view.
This proxy requirement represents the domain element in Rational RequisitePro and
is linked directly to the domain element. This direct link is represented
by a link arrow on the icons for the domain element and the proxy
. The integration also creates traceability from the proxy
to the requirement that you selected for the association. This trace
is represented by a link-by-proxy arrow
on the requirement icon.
- Optional: To view the traceability relationship between
the proxy requirement and your original targeted requirement, select
the targeted requirement in the Requirement Explorer view,
select the Requirement Trace view, and then
click the button Show Requirements Tracing To the Focus
Requirement. The proxy requirement is displayed indented
below the targeted requirement.
For Steps 1 and 2, you
can also work in the opposite direction, from the domain element
to the requirement. As an alternative to using the previously described
menu items, you can create the association by dragging a requirement
to a domain element or dragging a domain element to a requirement.