Creating child components

You can create components as children of existing components in the system model.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Created and published the system model. See Creating a system model.
Created components in the system model. See Creating components.

About this task

You can create multiple components in your system model and multiple child components under any component in the system model. After you create a child for a component, the child is represented as a circular block within the circular component block in the system model.

Procedure

Log in to Rational® Test Automation Server.
Open the team space to which a team space repository is added.

The Active projects page is displayed.
Click System Model on the left navigation pane.

The System Model page is displayed with the existing components.
Create child components in any of the following methods:
- To create child components from the left pane on the System Model page, go to Step 5.
- To create child components from the right pane on the System Model page, go to Step 6.
Perform the following steps to create child components from the left pane:
1. Click the component under which you want to create child components in the left pane.
  
  The details of the component are displayed in the right pane.
2. Click the Add child icon in the Children row on the right pane.
  
  The Add a child to... dialog is displayed.
3. Enter a name for the component in the Name field.
4. Select the type of component that you want to add from the following options displayed in the Type field.
  - Service
  - Database
  - UI
5. Click Add.
  
  The child component is displayed as a circular block within the circular block of the parent component on the system model pane. The added child component is also displayed under the Children list under the component in the right pane.
  
  You create child components of other types or the same type for the same or other components in the system model following the preceding steps.
Perform the following steps to create child components from the right pane of the stem model page:
1. Click the component name listed under the Components in the right pane.
2. Click the Add child icon in the Children row on the right pane.
  
  The Add a child to... dialog is displayed.
3. Enter a name for the component in the Name field.
4. Select the type of component that you want to add from the following options displayed in the Type field.
  - Service
  - Database
  - UI
5. Click Add.
  
  The child component is displayed as a circular block within the circular block of the parent component on the system model pane. The added child component is also displayed under the Children list under the component in the right pane.
  
  You create child components of other types or the same type for the same or other components in the system model following the preceding steps.

Results

A component is created and it is associated as a child with the selected component and the name of the child is displayed under the Children section in the right pane.

What to do next

You can perform any of the following tasks:

Publish the changes that you made to the system model. See Publishing changes to the system model.
Create linkages between components in the system model. See Creating linkages between components.