In this lesson, you will examine the proxy requirements that were
created by the associations you made in the previous lesson.
The association between the requirement and the folder that you used
in lesson 2.1 is indirect. The requirement is marked with a diagonal arrow
on its icon

. The
requirement is associated with the folder; the two are related, but are distinctly
different artifacts. When you made the association in lesson 2.1, a proxy
requirement was created in
Rational® RequisitePro®.
This proxy serves as a placeholder in
Rational RequisitePro for the associated domain element. Because the proxy is a requirement in
Rational RequisitePro,
you can establish traceability from the proxy to one or more requirements
in the project. Traceability between the original target requirement and
the proxy is created when the indirect association is made.
To
view proxy requirements, complete the following steps:
- In the Project Explorer view, expand My
Tutorial Project and right-click the Secure Payment folder.
- Click .
The following folders
are displayed in the Requirement Explorer view: Learning
Project - Use Cases > Eclipse Element Proxies > resource > My Tutorial Project.
Notice the requirement FOLDER1 Secure Payment; this is a proxy for the folder
domain element.
- Expand the Secure Payment folder in this directory.
Notice
the proxy requirement "FILE1 Customer authentication." The proxy requirement
icons are marked with a horizontal arrow
that indicates a direct link to the folder and file domain
elements. The name of the folder, the file, and their proxies typically remain
synchronized because the proxies represent the domain elements in Rational RequisitePro.