You can link a new or existing test case to a requirement
in IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer.
Before you begin
C/ALM integration must be configured before you can perform
this task. In addition, you must have an existing requirement that
you can link to.
About this task
Note: It
is also possible for a Rational Requirements Composer user
to create a new test case while creating a new requirement or to link
a new requirement with an existing test case.
To create a new
test case that links to a requirement in
Rational Requirements Composer:
Procedure
- Open a test case or create a new one.
- Add a Requirement Links section to the test case.
- In the test case, click Manage Sections.
- Click Show all sections.
- Select Requirement Links and
move the section to the Selected Sections column.
- Click OK.
Note: You can also set the default test case template to Collaborative
ALM Test Case Template. Then, all new test cases will
include a Requirement Links section automatically.
- From the Table of Contents, click Requirement
Links.
- From the table view, click the Add new links icon
(
).
- If more than one requirement provider has been configured,
select a requirement provider from the list and click OK.
- If necessary, type your User ID and password for the Rational Requirements Composer Jazz
server.
- Select a requirement and click OK.
- Verify that the selected requirement is appended to the
table.
- Click Save.
- Hover over the link with your mouse and verify that you
can view the contents of the requirement.
- Click the link and verify that the requirement opens in
the Rational Requirements Composer Web
interface.
- Expand the Links section in the
lower right corner of the screen and then expand Validated
by.
- Verify that the link to the new test case appears.
- Click the link and verify that the test case opens in Rational Quality Manager.
- Complete the remaining sections of the test case as needed.