Creating and Deleting Traceability Links

You create and delete traceability links in a traceability matrix view:

  1. Click a cell in the traceability matrix view, where you want to create a traceability link.

    The current cell properties are displayed at the bottom of the window in the Current cell properties group box.



  2. If the cell is empty, you can create a link by clicking the Create Traceability Link tool, or by typing "V", or pressing the space bar. A check mark is displayed in the cell and its properties are modified. The link is also added to the Traceability Links tab of the appropriate requirement property sheet.
  3. [optional] Select a value in the Link type list to specify the kind of linked object involved in the traceability link.

    Note that the Link type values are customizable through an extended model definition (see Customizing a list of values).

    A bookmark can be defined when you create a link with an MS Word file, in the Traceability Links tab of a requirement property sheet (see Defining a bookmark in an MS Word document).



  4. If the cell contains a check mark, you can delete the link by clicking the Delete Traceability Link tool, or by pressing the Del or the space bar. The check mark is deleted from the cell and its properties are modified. The link is also deleted from the Traceability Links tab of the appropriate requirement property sheet.


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com