Create partitions if you want to send data to users of a different Rational® DOORS® database to be viewed or edited and then returned to you. If you include data that will be edited by the users in the other database, the data is locked in your database until it is returned and rejoined, or recovered.
You use three different files to partition, synchronize, and return data. They all have the
.par file extension.
Note: You can only send data to a Rational
DOORS database that has the same major
version number. For example, you can send data from a version 9.6 database to a
version 9.2.0.1 database but not to a version 8.3. database.
Table 1. Partition filesFile |
Description |
Partition file |
Used to send data that has been included in a partition definition to a different Rational DOORS database so that it can be viewed or edited. |
Synch file |
Used to send updates that have been made to editable data back to the originating database. |
Return file |
Used to transfer the final updates back to the originating database. Any read-only locks at the originating database are removed. |