Requirements Interchange Format packages that have been
imported into a Rational® DOORS® project and that are associated
with an existing Requirements Interchange Format definition can be
merged. Merging an import updates your local data with the changes
that were included in the import.
Before you begin
You must have the power to partition data, and modify access
to the project.
About this task
When you merge a package, the following updates are made
to local modules:
- New objects are added to the local module.
- New attribute definitions are added to local module.
- All attribute value differences are copied to the local module.
- Deleted objects are soft-deleted in the local module.
- Purged objects are not updated in the local module. If an object
no longer exists in an imported module, it is ignored during the merge
and the original object is unchanged in the local module.
- New view definitions are added to the local module.
- A view that already exists in the local module is not updated
if it has been changed in the imported module.
- New links are created in the local module.
- The history information for the local module history is updated
with every change. The user who performed the merge and the time the
merge is made are recorded. History information is generated only
for attributes that are set up to update history.
Procedure
- In the database explorer, select the project containing
the package you want to merge, click , and then click the RIF
Definitions tab.
- Select the definition that is associated with the imported
package that you want to merge, and click Imports. The RIF Definition Imports window
is displayed.
- In the RIF Definition Imports window,
select the imported package that you want to merge, and click Merge.