You can analyze artifact relationships by starting
out in many pages. If you created an impact analysis diagram, then
you already ran an analysis from the Impact Analysis Diagrams screen.
You can also start an analysis from the Products, Views, and Queries screens.
This
description shows you how to run an analysis by choosing the focus
artifact first and then using the impact analysis profile to create
an impact analysis diagram dynamically.
Before you begin
To run an analysis, you must have at least one impact analysis
profile, which provides an overall view of how artifacts in a product
are related. For instructions, see Creating impact analysis profiles.
About this task
To start the analysis, select a focus artifact and then
run the analysis to find artifacts that are related. The output shows
all the artifacts with a relationship to the focus artifact, and then
you can investigate each of the linked artifacts.
Analysis
is useful when you need to modify, add, or remove an artifact. By
viewing the artifacts with relationships to the focus artifact, you
can gauge the impact of the change to the product quality, time-to-market,
and so on.
Procedure
- Start an analysis.
- From the Browse Products page, right-click
over the product and select Start Analysis.
- From the Search results page, hover over an artifact and select
the Start Analysis icon on the far right.
- From the Views page, open a view. Click an
artifact in the view, click the arrow menu button and choose Start
Analysis.
- From the Queries page, open a query. Click
an artifact in the query output and select Start Analysis.
- In the Impact Analysis dialog box,
click Start Analysis.
The diagram
shows the output in the lower pane. Notice that details about the
analysis are displayed on the right in the Navigation Tree.
Click
an item in the Navigation Tree to make it the focus in the output.
For example, click Product to bring the artifact
to the center of the screen.

- Explore the potential impact of changes by adding or removing
artifacts, hiding types, and expanding an artifact. By changing artifacts,
you are customizing the diagram; now you might want to give the diagram
a name and save it for future use.
Example
The previous instructions show how to perform an impact
analysis from one of the pages. You can also run an existing analysis
from the Analysis main menu.
- Choose .
The following image
shows what your Impact Analysis Diagrams screen
might look like

- Run the analysis.
- Click one of the diagrams.
- Run the diagram with a different focus artifact by clicking the
pencil icon on the right.
- In the Focus and Profile tab, click the Choose
Focus Artifact icon. Search for and select the new focus
artifact and click Add.
- Run the analysis by clicking Apply.
- To save the changes to a new diagram, give the diagram a different
name.