After you create associations between projects, you can
link from a Design Management Server resource
to a specific resource in another project on a friend server.
Before you begin
You must be logged in to
Design Management Server,
appropriate link types must be deployed, and you must have permissions
to create links.
Procedure
- Open a Design
Management resource:
- In the Explorer view on the left side of
the page, click the down arrow beside the element and select Open.
- In the Search field in the upper-right
corner of the toolbar, enter a name of a resource to link to.
- From a dashboard viewlet, click the link to a resource.
- On the page that opens for that resource, click Links.
- From the Add list, select a link
type.
- Complete the fields in the Add Link window:
- From the Project list, select
the project that contains the resource to link to.
- To link to an existing resource in the project that
you selected, click Choose Existing. To create
a resource to link to, click Create new.
- From the Type list,
select the type of resource from the choices that the project owner
provided.
- Beside the Link To field, click Browse and
select the specific resource in the other project to link to. The
appearance of this list differs depending on the server type that
you select from the Type list in step 4.c.
- Optional: In the Description field,
describe the characteristics or reason for this link.
- Click OK. Additions, modifications
and deletion of links are automatically saved.
Results
A link is created between the
Design
Management resource
and the selected or new resource in another project. When you hover
over the new link, more information about the other resource is displayed.