A link represents a relationship between artifacts. Links
are mechanisms for referring to related information. You create some
links manually while other links are created automatically when you
perform certain tasks.
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For example, links are automatically created when you embed
a sketch in a storyboard, add a part to a sketch, or when you embed
an artifact in a text document; however, you might manually create
a link from text in a
requirement to
a use case or to some other artifact. You can also create a links
to any external resource that has a URL.
Note: If you want
to link to a new or existing requirement, you need to use the Mark
as Requirement command rather than the Create Link command. To see
a movie showing how this is done, refer to the tutorial
Create a document, requirements and glossaries.
Also note that when creating or renaming an artifact, do
not use
the following characters:
\ / | : * ? " < > & are invalid characters
A link can originate from an artifact, an element within
an artifact, a document, or a range of text within a document. For
external artifacts, such as Microsoft® Word
documents that are uploaded to the project, you can only create links
at the artifact level. You can create links in any artifact or document
in the repository. When creating a link, you can either link to existing
artifacts or create new artifacts.