Use the capabilities that are described in this section
to define requirements in modules.
Formal modules
Formal modules contain objects that are defined by their
attributes. You can create empty modules, or copy existing modules
to create modules with the same structure. You can view and edit module
properties, and view module statistics. You can check which modules
are open and close them, or change their edit mode.
Editing formal modules
The topics in this section describe the options for editing
data in formal modules.
Objects
Each row in a module is an object. Objects can be arranged
in a hierarchical structure in formal modules. The data in objects
is stored in attributes.
Attributes
In Rational® DOORS®, information about modules
and objects is stored in attributes. Attributes have three parts:
the attribute type, the attribute definition, and the attribute value.
OLE objects and pictures
You can insert OLE objects in modules as icons. If you
do not insert the OLE object as an icon, you see the contents of the
file in the object. You can create a blank OLE object, for example
you could insert a new Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet or you can insert an existing file. You can also insert
pictures in modules. You can edit the contents of OLE objects, but
you cannot edit pictures.
Filtering, sorting, and creating views in modules
You can change the layout of a module, so that only the
data that you want to see is shown. You can add columns, apply filters
and sorts, and hide lower levels of the hierarchy. To see the same
layout again, you can save the layout as a view that you can access
every time you open the module.
Finding data in a Rational DOORS database
You can initiate searches from the Rational DOORS database
explorer, or from within individual modules. If you know the object
heading number or the absolute number of an object, you can go directly
to the object.