A Requirements Interchange Format package is an xml file
that has been exported from a Rational® DOORS® database. When you receive
a Requirements Interchange Format package, you import it into your Rational DOORS database. The modules that are contained
in the file are created in your database.
Before you begin
You must have the power to partition data, and admin access
to the project.
About this task
When you import a Requirements Interchange Format package
into a project, Rational DOORS checks the project to see
if the package is associated with an existing Requirements Interchange
Format definition. If the package is already associated with a definition,
that definition is used for the import. If the package is not associated
with a definition, you can create a definition, or you can use an
existing definition.
Note: Each object in your Rational DOORS database
has a unique absolute number. Once an absolute number has been assigned,
that number is not used again. When you import a package, the objects
in the package are treated as new objects and assigned new unique
absolute numbers.
Procedure
- In the database explorer, select the project or folder
where you want to import the package, and then click . The Import RIF Package File window is displayed.
- Browse to the package that you want to import.
- Click OK. The Import
RIF Package window is displayed.
- In the Import RIF Package window,
complete the required fields. The fields that are available depend
on whether Rational DOORS recognizes the package as
being associated with a definition that exists in the project.
- Click Import.
What to do next
The modules that are contained in the file are created in
your database, ready to be merged with your local data. When you merge
the import, your local data is updated with the changes that were
included in the import.