If you have requirements defined in an external tool, such
as IBM® Rational® RequisitePro®,
you can import them directly into Rational Quality Manager,
where they are visible in the Requirements editor. You can also import
requirements that are saved as local XML files.
Before you begin
Before importing requirements, synchronize with the requirements
server. This helps ensure that you import the most recent version
of the requirements. By default, synchronization occurs automatically
every 20 minutes, although it is possible to change the synchronization
schedule. It is also possible to force a manual synchronization before
you import the requirements.
About this task
To import requirements:
Procedure
- Point to Requirements (
), and click Import Requirements.
- To import requirements from an external application:
- Select Import from an external requirement
system, and click Browse.
- In the Source field, select the
requirement source type, such as RequisitePro.
Note: This integration requires RequisiteProVersion
7.1 or later.
- In the URI field, select or type
the host name or IP address followed by the port number of the host.
For example, http://ReqProServer:11080.
Note: If the connection to the RequisitePro server has already been
established, you can simply select the URI. You can set up the connection
to the RequisitePro server
in advance by clicking If necessary, you can configure
other port numbers for the RequisitePro connection.
- Click Next.
- Select the name of the project in the requirements repository.
- Type your user ID and password for the requirements
repository, and click Next.
- In the Type field, select the
requirement type of the requirements to import.
A list
of requirements displays.
Note: To filter the results, click the
down arrow, and make a selection in the Group by field.
- Select the requirements from the list, and click Import.
- Click Save.
- To import requirements from a local XML file:
- Select Import from a local XML file,
and click Browse.
- Locate the file, and click Open.
- Click Import to import the requirements
into Rational Quality Manager.
Tip: For more information on the import format and
content model elements for requirements XML files, see the requirements
XML Schema Documentation for
Rational Quality Manager.
See
the following example for a basic requirements XML file that adheres
to the Rational Quality Manager schema:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<requirement xmlns="http://jazz.net/xmlns/alm/qm/v0.1/"
<title>Accessiblity</title>
<creator>ADMIN</creator>
<description>Product must support accessibility standards</description>
<owner>ADMIN</owner>
<state>authoring.s1</state>
<tags>tag1,tag2</tags>
<resolver>ADMIN</resolver>
</requirement>
- Point to Requirements (
), and click View Requirements. The requirements that you imported are displayed in the
Requirements editor.
What to do next
Note: If a requirement that you import is changed or deleted
in its original requirements application, the status of the requirement
in the test plan changes to Suspect.
Note: In
a
Rational RequisitePro project
with a large number of requirements, you might need to increase the
time between synchronizations. For details, see
Setting the synchronization schedule.