Editing the Status of Links to Sub Requirements

You can edit the status of the parenthood links to sub requirements inline on the requirement page or on the requirement specification page.

Required responsibilities:

  • Baseline: Leader (when the object is in the Frozen state) or Author

Before you begin: Open the requirement (see Requirement Detail Page) or the specification that contains the requirement (see Specification Detail Page).
See Also
About Requirements Management
Managing Sub Requirements and Downstream Requirements
  1. Click Enable Modify .
    The cells for the inline-editable attributes are highlighted.
  2. Click the cell in the Parenthood Status column for the sub requirement whose link status you want to edit.

    Note: Edit the "From" direction link (the child sub requirement's attribute ), not the "To" direction link (the parent requirement's attribute ).

  3. Select the new status of the link from the requirement to the sub requirement from the drop-down list:
    • Invalid: This sub requirement is invalid and cannot be used.
    • Suspect: This sub requirement needs additional work.
    • Valid: This sub requirement adheres to all rules.
  4. Click out of the cell.
  5. Click Save.

The status of the parenthood link from the requirement to the sub requirement is updated.