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.
- Searching the database
From the database explorer you can search by name for projects,
folders, and modules, or search for occurrences of specified text
in modules.
- Searching and replacing text in modules
In a formal module, you can search for all the objects
that contain specified text. You can use regular expressions in the
search.
- Regular expressions for searching and filtering modules
You can use regular expressions when you search or filter
formal modules.
- Going to a particular object in a formal module
You can go directly to a particular object in the current
view if you know its absolute number or its section number.
- Rational DOORS URLs
The Rational DOORS database, and each project,
folder, module, baseline, and object in the database has a unique
identifier, which is expressed as a URL, beginning doors: The
URL of each item is stored in its properties sheet, and can be copied
from there. You can also right-click on any item and select Copy
URL.