PM17196: external link attributes contains attributes that you cannot get the properties of

IBM Rational DOORS version 9.3.0.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Problem
  when you create an external link and then run the trace wizard,
  you can select some attributes pertaining to that external link,
   for example, name, description, path, etc. Other options availa
  ble are object heading, object text, absno, etc. If you select t
  hese to be displayed in the column then nothing ever appears in
  your trace column for these attrs. This is when the external lin
  k is an object in another DOORS database.
  
  To Reproduce
  - create a source module
  - link the object to another in a different DOORS db
  - run the trace wizard for external links
  - in the 'external link attributes' select all the options
  - finish
  
  You will see that the attrs named above are unpopulated.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When you create an external link and then run the trace
  wizard, you can select some attributes pertaining to that
  external link, for example, name, description, path, etc.
  Other options available are object heading, object text,
  absno, etc. If you select these to be displayed in the
  column then nothing ever appears in your trace column for
  these attrs. This is when the external link is an object in
  another DOORS database.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code that populates External Link Attributes in the list
  view so that the user could display these attributes in
  analysis columns has been changed to populate only
  non-system attributes AND the following system attributes
  (Normal non-system object-level attributes also apply to
  external links.):
  
  1). Created By
  2). Created On
  3). Created Thru
  4). Last Modified By
  5). Last Modified On
  The reason for this is that other system attributes that are
  applicable to objects are NOT applicable to External links
  since External Links themselves are considered as objects
  having their own attributes.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC DOORS

• Fixed component ID

  5724V61DR

Applicable component levels

• R920 PSN

     UP