Several sample views are available to help you visualize
data retrieved from the index.
Sample views are available in the Views page.
Click the Shared Views tab and then open the Sample folder.
Artifact elements are containers that automatically gather information
that administrators can use to build a view. In the Views editor,
in the Palette accordion tab, open the Artifact
Elements section. Drag an artifact element onto the views
canvas to set up a view.
If you do not see the Sample folder in the Shared
Views tab, or the five default folders in the Artifact
Elements section, talk to your administrator. Your administrator
might need to deploy one or both content packages. If you are responsible
for deploying the content package, see Deploying a content package.
The following descriptions disclose information for each sample
view.
- Products Structure shows all products and
artifacts that have a relationship with the focus product in a simple,
flat layout.
- Simple Sample shows all artifacts for a
product in a simple, flat layout.
- Task breakdown breaks down a top-level
concept into a set of concrete tasks to be completed by the product
ship date.
- Task Hierarchy is a hierarchical layout
of artifacts that emanate from the focus artifact.
- Traceability from Product to Test Case breaks
down a product into tasks and the associated tasks, requirements,
design models, and test cases associated with the product.
- Traceability from Task to Requirement maps
the selected artifact to its child tasks and requirements.
- Traceability from Task to Test Case traces
all of the sub tasks, requirements, design models, and test cases
that emanate from a target task.
- V Process (Software) shows the software
lifecycle for a software product.
The five default artifact elements folders are Change Management,
Design Management, Products, Quality Management, and Requirement.
Each folder contains queries that gather artifacts specific to the
folder type. For example, the Products folder
gathers artifact elements that have a relationship to the specified
configuration or product.
After you open the view, you can act on the artifacts on the view.
Right-click over an artifact to show the context menu.
The following actions are displayed whenever you right-click over
an artifact:
- Open Artifact starts the native tool that
the artifact was created in and displays the artifact in the tool.
You can then modify the artifact, save it, and refresh the view, and
then see your changes reflected in the view.
- Show Query runs the query for the selected
artifact and displays the results in the Query Result screen.
For example, in the Simple Sample view, perform
a Show Query from the 3 Concept
Phase artifact to view all the artifacts that are part
of the concept phase.
- Start Analysis loads the default impact
analysis profile. Click Run to start the analysis.
- Find Use opens the Find Use page,
with a list of configurations and products that are using the artifact.
The following actions are displayed, depending on the type of artifact
you select:
- Open Resource with Children opens the selected
artifact in the Task Hierarchy view, which
is a hierarchical layout.
- Open Traceability View opens the selected
artifact in the Traceability from Task to Requirement view,
which maps the selected artifact to its child tasks and requirements.
- Show Children Connections traces relationships
between the focus product or artifact and the child connections and
shows the connections with arrows.
- Show Use Products traces relationships
between the focus artifact and products and artifacts, and shows the
connections with arrows.
The following actions are displayed if administrators right-click
an artifact element container:
- Edit Node opens the Nodes editor
so that you can edit properties of the node.
- Edit Parameters opens the Set
Parameters dialog box. Setting parameters is not required,
but can be useful because parameters allow users of the artifact element
to refine the query by entering values. The values are substituted
into the query and hone the query results.
- Show Links to gives a list of artifacts
with a relationship to the focus artifact. You can link to one or
more of the artifacts in the list to build a view.