Creating traceability relationships

This content applies to version 7.5.4 or later. You can create and maintain traceability relationships between service model elements (typically capabilities) and the business process elements from which they were derived. If you created a capability from a BPMN element, traceability relationships are automatically created for you. However, you can also create traceability relationships manually. In a services model, a traceability link is represented as a URL Link within a services model element, the target of which is a BPMN element.

Before you begin

You must have a capability and a BPMN element to link to.

About this task

To create a link for traceability:

Procedure

  1. In the diagram editor, right-click a capability; then click Add UML > URL Link.
  2. In the Create URL Link window, type a URL, a display name, and specify an element.
  3. Click OK.

Results

A URL link is attached to the capability. To view the element, right-click it; then click Navigate > Show in > Project Explorer.
Note: If you created a capability from a BPMN element, the traceability link from the capability to the BPMN element is created for you. To navigate to the BPMN element, right-click the capability; then clickNavigate > To URL Link.

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