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Status Future consideration
Categories Feature
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 23, 2021

Re-establish requirements links to rhapsody models

I have the following scenario regarding preserving requirements links in models when importing into ELM:

-I have a reqif/mgiz file from DOORS V9.6.X that I want to import into DOORS Next

-This files has linkages to rhapsody models that are also going to be imported in RMM


To help explain:

Requirement A from DOORS V9.6.X is getting imported into DNG

Requirement A also has a linkage to Rhapsody Model B

Rhapsody Model B is also getting imported into ELM (via RMM)


Normally we obtain our requirements through Gateway from DOORS V9.6.X - It is added as a satisfaction link.

Activity Model > Call Operation > Requirement Link (Satisfaction)

When the model is added to ELM - it retains the links (satisfactions) in the model. When we import requirements from DOORS V9.6.X to DOORS Next - the links between the model added in ELM and the requirements imported that the model uses are not re-established.

There is a need to preserve the linkages between the requirements and the models - so that an engineer does not have to manually re-establish the links in DOORS Next. There should be an automated process that can re-establish the links.

Idea priority High
Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)