Opening links to work items, requirements, and more

Artifacts, including work items, requirements, design models, and test cases, are retrieved by the index. You do not have to open a link to view information about it, but if you want to modify the artifact, you must open it in the native tool.

For example, if you are in the Browse Products page and want to view information for a requirement, you can click the requirement link and view the information in the properties area in the right pane. To modify the requirement, you must open it in the native tool, Rational® DOORS®.

About this task

You can view information for an artifact in several ways.

Procedure

  1. In the Browse Products page, right-click a link and choose Open Artifact.

    The artifact opens in the native tool. Modify the artifact and save your changes.

    Back in the Browse Products page, view the artifact to see the changes you made. If you do not see the changes, click the Refresh icon, which is the last icon in the icon bar.

  2. In the Views page, hover over an artifact in a view and click it. Click the menu arrow and select Show Artifact.

    The artifact opens in the native tool. Modify the artifact and save your changes.

    Back in the Views page, hover over the artifact to see the changes you made. Click Show Detail, if necessary. If you do not see the changes, click Refresh.

  3. In the Queries page, click a query in My Queries or Shared Queries. Administrators can click a query in Artifact Elements Queries. On the result page, place the cursor over an artifact, click it, and then select Show Artifact.

    The artifact opens in the native tool. Modify the artifact and save your changes.

    Back in the Queries result page, hover over the artifact to see the changes you made. Click Show More, if necessary. If you do not see the changes, click Refresh.

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