In this lesson, you will open a Rational® RequisitePro® requirements project. The project is displayed in the Requirement Explorer view.
RequisitePro requirements are stored in a project database. Although RequisitePro uses IBM DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server databases for large projects, it also uses a run-time version of Microsoft Access that is included in the product for small, local projects and sample "learning projects." A RequisitePro project includes a project file with the extension .rqs. This project file is used to identify key components of the project, including the database. In this lesson, you open a sample project that is delivered with RequisitePro and use the sample project in subsequent lessons for associating requirements and linkable domain elements.
To open a requirements project:
- Click the Open a RequisitePro Project icon.
- In the Open a RequisitePro project window, browse to the RequisitePro Use-Case Learning Project, and then open the project file (filename.rqs). By default, this is installed as C:\Program Files\Rational\RequisitePro\samples\Learning_Project-Use_Cases\LEARNING - USE CASES.RQS.
- If you are prompted to log on, use the default user name that is displayed in the Project Logon window. Leave the password blank and click OK.