Viewing requirements and navigating in projects

Use the Requirement Explorer view to view requirements and navigate to associated artifacts.

To view requirements and associated artifacts:
  1. In the Requirement Explorer view, click a project and its packages to open them and access requirements. Note the following indicators:
    • Requirements are marked with a requirement icon.
    • Requirements with a direct association to a model element are marked with a link arrow.
    • Requirements with an indirect association to a model element are marked with a link-by-proxy arrow.
    • Requirement documents are marked with a Microsoft® Word icon.
  2. To open a requirement document, right-click the document in the Requirement Explorer view and click Open Document. Rational® RequisitePro® opens and displays the Microsoft Word requirements document.
  3. To navigate to a requirement in RequisitePro, right-click a requirement in the Requirement Explorer view, click Select In, and do one of the following:
    • Click RequisitePro to open RequisitePro and locate the requirement in the RequisitePro Explorer.
    • Click Microsoft Word to open RequisitePro and Microsoft Word with the cursor positioned at the requirement text in the document.
  4. To navigate from a requirement to an associated model element, right-click a requirement in any of the requirement views and click Select Linked Element. Associated model elements are marked with a link arrow.
  5. To navigate from a model element to an associated requirement, right-click a model element in the Model Explorer view or in a diagram, click Requirement > Select Linked Requirement in and then do one of the following options, when applicable:
    • Click Requirement Explorer.
    • Click RequisitePro.
    • Click Microsoft Word.

Parent topic: Viewing and modifying requirements

Related concepts
Requirements documents

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Viewing requirements in query results
Viewing requirements traceability
Modifying requirement properties

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