Creating linkages between components

You can create linkages between components that display the relationship between them. The linkages can be between components or between child components of the same or different parent components.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

About this task

You can create multiple components in your system model and multiple child components under any component in the system model. You can specify the dependency among the components.

Procedure

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

    The Active projects page is displayed.

  3. Click System Model on the left navigation pane.

    The System Model page is displayed.

  4. Perform the following steps to create a relationship between the components in the system model:
    1. Click the component that you want.

      The details of the component are displayed in the right pane.

    2. Select from the following types of relationships that you want to create:
      Option Action
      Depends on
      Perform the following steps, if the component you selected is dependent on another component:
      1. Click the Add dependency icon Image of the add component icon. in the row of the Depends on in the right pane.

        The Add dependency dialog is displayed.

      2. Select the component from the list of components displayed under Depends on.
      3. Click Add.

      The components linked are listed under Depends on in the right pane. The linkage between the first to the second component you select is shown with an arrow that starts from the first and ends in the second component.
      Is a dependency of
      Perform the following steps, if the component you selected has a dependency of another component:
      1. Click the Add dependent icon Image of the add component icon. in the row of the Is a dependency of in the right pane.

        The Add dependent dialog is displayed.

      2. Select the component from the list of components displayed under Is a dependency of.
      3. Click Add.

      The components linked are listed under Is a dependency of in the right pane. The linkage between the first to the second component you select is shown with an arrow that starts from the second and ends in the first component.

Results

You have created linkages between components in the system model.

What to do next

You can publish the changes that you made to the system model. See Publishing changes to the system model.