Importing ReqIF packages

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. After 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

  1. In the database explorer, select the project or folder where you want to import the package, and then click File > Import ReqIF Package. The Import ReqIF Package File window is displayed.
  2. Browse to the package that you want to import.
  3. Click OK. The Import ReqIF Package window is displayed.
  4. In the Import ReqIF 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.
  5. 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.
Related tasks:
Merging ReqIF packages
Exporting ReqIF packages

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