Viewing and following links

Linked objects have link arrows in the link column. Objects can have links to other objects in the IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® (DOORS) database, links to URLs, and links to resources in applications that are configured to communicate with DOORS using the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM).

About this task

  • Out-links have red link arrows out-link indicator
  • In-links have orange link arrows in-link indicator

Module baselines might display echoed link arrows: echoed out-link indicatorechoed in-link indicator . These arrows signify links to and from modules that are not in the same baseline set definition. For more information about links in baseline sets, see the DOORS help system.

Procedure

  1. To see details about links to or from an object, click the link arrow, or look on the Links tab in the Details panel. Expand any of the top-level menu items to see a list of the links of that type.
  2. To follow a link, select it from the list.
    • If you follow a DOORS link, the module that contains the linked object is opened with the linked object selected.
    • If you follow an external link, the URL is opened in a browser window.
    • If you follow a collaboration link, for example an Implemented by link or a Validated by link, you must log in to the linked database to open the resource in its native project.

      If you hover the cursor over the link, a window shows a summary of the content of the artifact.


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