You can specify the assets in the repository that are related
to an asset that you want to submit. You can also define how the assets
are related.
About this task
If you
find an asset to import, you are prompted to download assets that
are related to that asset. By importing and evaluating the related
assets, you can broaden your perspective and more effectively reuse
assets.
Procedure
To specify related assets and define their relationships:
- On the Related Asset
page, add related assets:
- Drag assets from the Assets view to the Asset Editor to add
a relationship.
- Search for related assets.
- Click Add.
- In the Add Related Assets window, type keywords to find assets
and click Search. The assets that meet your
search criteria are listed.
- Select the assets and a relationship type that are related to
the asset you are submitting or updating, and then click Finish.
The Related Assets page shows the relationship types and the
assets for each of the types that are related to your asset. You can
group assets according to whether they are constrained or unconstrained
by clicking the Show Constraints icon. Constrained
assets are required at the community or repository level. These requirements
must be met to deliver the updates to the server. Unconstrained assets
are not required.
- Optional: Change the relationship type for
related assets by dragging the asset to a type or right-clicking a
related asset and changing the relationship type.
- Optional: Indicate
that the relationship exists for only a specific version or range
of versions:
- Click Edit Range.
- To specify a minimum version for the relationship, select
either is or is greater than.
In the Lowest version field, type a version
number. To specify no minimum, leave the field blank.
- To specify a maximum version for the relationship, select
either is or is less than.
In the Highest version field, type a version
number. To specify no maximum, leave the field blank.
- To create a relationship with only the highest version
number in the range that you specified, select Related
to the highest version in the range. To create relationships
to all versions within the range, select Relate to all
asset versions in the range.
- For the relationships or relationship types to add to the
asset, repeat steps 1 through 3.
- Continue to describe, categorize, and add artifacts
to the asset, and then click Update to commit
the changes to the asset repository.
Results
Your changes are saved in the asset repository and are available
to other users in the community.