As an administrator with permission to manage link types,
you can customize the types of links that exist between resources
in different projects. A link type is the kind of link
that exists between two resources such as a model element and a requirement.
The link type explains the semantics of the relationship and is directional.
Before you begin
You must be logged in to the
Design
Management Server with
an ID that has permissions to create, edit, and delete link types.
Procedure
- Click the Home icon and, from the Design
Management section, select a project.
- In the upper-right corner of the browser, click the Administration icon
and select Manage Project Properties. If the
Project Linking page is not displayed, in the left navigation menu,
click .
- To add the predefined link types,
on the Project Linking page, on the right of the Link Types section
heading, click the Deploy Predefined Link Types icon.
If the link types are added to the project, a message is displayed
in the upper-right corner of the page to indicate how many link types
were created. If a link type exists already, it is not added.
- To create a custom link type, on
the right of the Link Types section heading,
click the Add icon, and specify values for
the fields on the page that opens:
- Link Type Name: Click this field and specify
a value that helps you identify the purpose of the link.
- Description: Optional. You might specify
a value that provides more information about the relationship between
the endpoints of the link.
- Link Type ID (URI): Specify a valid URI.
For
the Link type ID (URI) and Custom
Reverse Link URI fields, consider specifying a URI that
does not contain a server name, and that is identifiable across the
scope of the organization. For example, you might specify a value
that contains the name of your organization, or a URI that specifies
an industry standard.
- To create a link from a resource
in another project, possibly in another application, to a Design
Management Server resource,
specify values for the fields in the Reverse Link (optional) section.
Note: You can specify reverse links only with other applications
that support them. You can obtain a reverse link URI from the documentation
of the application to link from.
- No reverse link: If a reverse link
is not required or not supported, select this option.
- To create a reverse link from another Rational Team Concert™ resource,
select a product version and link type.
- Custom Reverse Link URI: Specify a
valid URI of another resource to link to. When you link to a Rational Team Concert resource,
the values of the Custom Reverse Link URI and Link
type ID (URI) fields do not have to be the same.
- Click Save.
What to do next
After you create a custom link, you can use it in a
Design
Management resource
to show the relationship between two resources. You can also use link
types as search parameters in reports across multiple domains or multiple
hosts, for example, to obtain lists of resources with specific characteristics.