If the database is configured to allow collaboration links,
you see options in the Links menu to create Implemented
by links, Validated by links, or
both. The options that are available depend on the projects that have
been configured.
Before you begin
To create collaboration links you must have create access
to the object. You must also have acquired an edit package. Your current
package is displayed in the header of the Rational® DOORS® Web
Access page.
About this task
You see the Options menu when you click the arrow

in the upper right corner of any attribute
in the grid. The arrow is displayed in each attribute in the current
row, and when you hover the cursor over any attribute in the grid.
Procedure
- Open the Options menu from any attribute
of the object that you want to link. You can select an
existing artifact to link to, or you can create an artifact.
- To select an existing artifact, click . When prompted, log in to the database. A link is created
between object and the selected resource.
- To create an artifact, click . The delegated database starts.
- Log in to the database when prompted, and then create the
resource as instructed in the delegated application.
Note: To
select or create a Validated by link, select Create Validated
by instead of Create Implemented by.
A link is created to the artifact, and a link is created
back from the artifact to the requirement.