Creating impact analysis filters

Create a filter that is a list of artifact types or links that are included or ignored when you apply the filter to the impact analysis diagram.

About this task

The filters that you create or modify here are available as choices in several places:

Procedure

  1. In the main menu, click Analysis > Create > Impact Analysis Filter.
  2. In the editor, click in the title field and type a unique name for the new filter.
  3. Set the artifacts for the impact analysis to ignore by clicking the Add Artifact Type icon.
    1. In the Add Filter (Artifact) window, select a value from the list box and click Add. The new filter is displayed in the Artifact Type list.
    2. Repeat to add more artifacts to be ignored or added.

      If you create a filter to show only products or product configurations, but the resulting diagram does not show products or product configurations as expected, add part as an artifact type. See Creating an analysis filter for a product or product configuration does not work as expected.

  4. Set the artifacts to ignore in the impact analysis by clicking the Add Link Type icon.
    1. In the Add Filter (Link) window, select a value from the list box and click Add. The new filter is displayed in the Link Type list.
    2. Repeat to add more links to be ignored or added.
  5. To exclude the artifact types and list types that are specified in the corresponding sections, select the Ignore selected artifacts and links check box. To include only the artifact types and link types that are listed, clear the Ignore selected artifacts and links check box.

    The new impact analysis filter is included in the list of available filters.

  6. Optional: Export the filter to another Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager installation.
    1. In the main menu, click Analysis > Browse > Impact Analysis Filters.
    2. Check the box beside the filter names you want to export.
    3. Click the Export Selected Filters icon to start the download.

Example

This image shows an example of filter settings for a new impact analysis filter.

The image shows an example of a custom filter that ignores blocked artifacts and links.

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