Associate a ClearQuest® record
and work items while updating an existing record or submitting a new
one.
About this task
To associate a ClearQuest record
and a work item, you must create the association from the record.
- Update an existing record or submit
a new one.
- With the record open in the ClearQuest Records view, click the Link
to Work Item icon
to display the menu choices.
- To associate the record with an existing work item, select Link
to Work Item.

- In the Link to Work Item window, enter the following
information:
- From the Project Area menu, select your
project area.
- From the Type menu, select the work item
type to narrow your search or accept the default to show all work
items that meet the search criteria that you specify in the next step.
- In the Use Work Item ID or Words Contained in the Text field,
enter either a work item ID or text. The search begins as you start
typing characters in this field.
- In the Matching Work Items field, select
the work item to associate with the record.
- Click OK. The Link to Work Item window
closes and the work item link appears in the column to the right of
the record display in the Work Items section.

- To see a summary, move your mouse pointer over a work
item link.

- Click a link to open the associated work item in the
Work Items view.
- To create and associate a new work item, click Create
new Work Item and select a work item type from the resulting
menu.

The context switches to the Work Items view.
- Enter the required information in the work item template.
- Click Save. The
work item is created.
- To return to the ClearQuest Records
view, click ClearQuest Records on the IBM Rational Team Concert Web
client toolbar. The record that you are editing opens.
- Now you can associate the record with the new work item
that you just created by following the instructions in Step 3.