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Lesson 6: Check progress of requirements

In this lesson, you check the progress of requirements from Rational® Focal Point™ by using the XPathValueFetcher business rule to make quick course correction.

  1. In IBM® Rational Focal Point log in as user Carl Riggs who has the Regular User rights.
  2. Click Display > My Business Needs.
  3. Click the Provide high-end electronics requirement.
  4. Click the Edit icon for the Requirements Status attribute.
  5. Specify the XPath to be =XPathValueFetcher('RRC-FP',"/ds:dataSource/ds:artifact/ds:collaboration/ds:attributes/attribute:objectType/attribute:customAttribute[@attribute:name='Status']/@attribute:literalName","/ds:dataSource/ds:artifact/rrm:collaboration/rrm:attributes/attribute:objectType/attribute:customAttribute[@attribute:name='Status']/@attribute:literalName,"Status","update_interval=3")
  6. Click Evaluate Expression. If the result is successful, you can see the requirement with its current status as Approved.
  7. Click the Save icon Save.
  8. Repeat steps 3-6 for the Improve safety of passengers, Improve fuel efficiency, and Provide security features requirements.
The requirements are displayed with their status fetched from the Requirements Management application.
In the next lesson, you create work items in the Change and Configuration Management application.

Lesson checkpoint

In this lesson, you learned to use the XPathValueFetcher business rule to fetch the status of the requirements.
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