You can create an indirect association by linking model elements and requirements through proxy requirements and traceability.
By default, the integration generates a proxy requirement for any non-use-case model elements, such as a class. The proxy requirement represents the model 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.
For steps 1 and 2, you can also work in the opposite direction, from the element to the requirement. As an alternative to using the menu items described above, you can drag a requirement to a model element or drag a model element in the Model Explorer view to a requirement to make the association.
Parent topic: Associating existing requirements and model elements
Related concepts
Associations between requirements and model elements
Indirect associations
Related tasks
Creating direct associations between requirements and model elements
Removing requirement associations
Viewing and repairing requirement link problems