About Traceability Reports

There are five main categories of traceability reports:

Requirement to requirement reports
Requirement to feature reports
Requirement to test case reports
Requirement to functions reports
Requirement to logical reports
Requirement to physical reports

Within each of these categories, one or more detailed reports are available, based on selected configuration options. The types and number of reports available depend on the current object and page.

Note: Traceability reports launched from a requirement specification where an effectivity filter has been applied will be based on the filtered specification structure.

Available Traceability Reports

The category of traceability reports available depend on the object you are viewing and the current page.

The following traceability reports are available from within the specified context:


Context	Traceability Reports Available
Requirement Specifications list and specification detail pages	Requirement-Requirement
	Requirement-Feature
	Requirement-Test Case
	Requirement-Function
	Requirement-Logical
	Requirement-Physical
Requirements list and requirement detail pages	Requirement-Requirement
	Requirement-Feature
	Requirement-Test Case
	Requirement-Parameter

Requirement-Requirement Traceability Reports

The Requirement-Requirement traceability reports display the requirements relationship to any sub requirements and downstream requirements.

The following Requirement-Requirement traceability reports are available from specifications and requirements lists and from specification and requirement detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Requirement Traceability Reports.


Context	Report Name	Description
Requirement Specifications list and specification detail pages	Sub Requirements Only	Displays a report of requirements with related sub requirements.
	Downstream Requirements Only	Displays a report of requirements with related downstream requirements.
	Bi-directional downstream requirements report	Displays a report of requirements bi-directionally linked to their related downstream requirements.
	Derivation Traceability Matrix	Displays a multi-level report of requirements with related downstream requirements.
Requirements list and requirement detail pages	Sub/Downstream Requirements	Displays a report of requirements with related sub requirements, downstream requirements, or both.
	Sub/Downstream Requirements (Bi-Directional)	Displays a report of requirements bi-directionally linked to sub requirements, downstream requirements, and missing requirements.
	Sub Requirements Only	Displays a report of requirements with related sub requirements.
	Derivation Traceability Matrix	Displays a multi-level report of requirements with related downstream requirements.

Requirement-Feature Traceability Reports

The Requirement-Feature traceability reports shows a product's committed requirements versus its fulfilled features. They provide the ability to see the fulfillment view of requirements to features and help determine the status of the product in its development lifecycle. The reports show how many requirements have corresponding feature commitments, how many features have been committed to a product revision, and how many of the features have been released.

The following Requirement-Feature traceability reports are available from specifications and requirements lists and from specification and requirement detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Feature Traceability Reports.


Context	Report Name	Description
Requirement Specifications list and specification detail pages	Requirement-Feature with mutually linked Products	Displays a report of requirements with related features and mutually-linked products.
	Requirement-Feature Product Links	Displays a report of requirements with related features linked to products.
Requirements list and requirement detail pages	Requirement-Feature with mutually linked Products	Displays a report of requirements with related features and mutually-linked products.
Requirements list and requirement detail pages	Requirement-Feature with all linked Products	Displays a report of requirements with related features and all linked products.

Requirement-Test Case Traceability Report

The Requirement-Test Case traceability report is a verification report. It verifies, via test case validation, whether a product definition meets or does not meet the requirements. This report ensures that all of the input requirements have associated test cases and shows the status of the test validation for each.

The Requirement-Test Case traceability report is available from specifications and requirements lists and from specification and requirement detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Test Case Traceability Report.

Requirement-Function Traceability Reports

The Requirement-Function traceability report is an allocation report. It verifies the allocation of requirements to functions. It also verifies whether all requirements have an allocation or all functions satisfy a requirement.

The Requirement-Function traceability report is available from the specifications list and specification detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Function Traceability Report.

Requirement-Logical Reports

The Requirement-Logical traceability report is an allocation report. It verifies the allocation of requirements to logical system components. It also verifies whether all requirements have an allocation or all logical system components satisfy a requirement.

The Requirement-Logical traceability report is available from the specifications list and specification detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Logical Traceability Report.

Requirement-Physical Reports

The Requirement-Physical traceability report is an allocation report. It verifies the allocation of requirements to physical system components. It also verifies whether all requirements have an allocation or all physical system components satisfy a requirement.

The Requirement-Physical traceability report is available from the specifications list and specification detail pages. See Running the Requirement-Physical Traceability Report.