Viewing requirements traceability

Use the Requirement Trace view to examine traceability relationships between requirements. Navigate any traceability within the Rational® RequisitePro® project, including traceability to and from proxy requirements that are created by indirect associations to model elements.

To view requirement traceability:
  1. In the Requirement Explorer view, select a requirement and open the Requirement Trace view. The requirement is displayed in the Requirement Trace view.
  2. In the Requirement Trace view, click the icons Show Items Tracing From and Show Items Tracing To to display traceability to the requirement.
  3. Click the Link with Requirement Explorer button to keep the Requirement Trace view synchronized with any selection you make in the Requirement Explorer view. Click the button again to cancel synchronization.
  4. Right-click a requirement to do one of the following:
    • Remember the requirement for linking in the Model Explorer view.
    • Use the Select menu items to navigate to an associated model element, to the requirement in the Requirement Explorer view, to the RequisitePro Explorer, or a RequisitePro document.
    • Remove a link or a trace relationship.
    • Change the focus of the view to the selected requirement to view its trace relationships.
    • Add or remove a "suspect" condition on a traceability relationship.
Use the Requirement Query Results view to examine the results of queries that are created in RequisitePro views, which include Traceability Matrix and Traceability Tree.
Related concepts
Requirement traceability
Indirect associations
Direct associations
Related tasks
Viewing requirements and navigating in projects
Viewing requirements in query results
Modifying requirement properties
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