Creating linkages between components
You can create linkages between components in Test to display the relationship between them. The linkages can be between components or between child components of the same or different parent components.
- Ensured that you are assigned a role as an Architect in the team space, a Project Owner or a Tester in the project. See Managing members and their roles in a team space or Managing access to the server projects.
- Created and published the system model. See Creating a system model.
- Created components in the system model. See Creating components.
- Created child components. See Creating child components.
You can create multiple components in your system model. You can also create multiple child components under any component in the system model. You can specify the dependency among the components.
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Click the Switch Team Space icon
from the left navigation pane. Then, use the
Switch to option to open the team space to which a
team space respository is added.
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Perform the following steps to create a relationship between the components in
the system model:
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Perform the actions in the following table to create dependencies
between the components:
Option Action Depends on Perform the following steps, if the component that you selected is dependent on another component:- Click the Add
dependency icon
in the Depends on
row on the right pane.The Add dependency dialog is displayed.
- Select the component from the list of components displayed under Depends on.
- Click Add.
The components linked are listed under the Depends on section on the right pane. The linkage between the first to the second component that you selected 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 that you selected has a dependency on another component:- Click the Add dependent
icon in the Is a dependency
of row on the right pane.
The Add dependent dialog is displayed.
- Select the component from the list of components displayed under the Is a dependency of section.
- Click Add.
The components linked are listed under Is a dependency of section on the right pane. The linkage between the first to the second component that you selected is shown with an arrow that starts from the second and ends in the first component.
- Click the Add
dependency icon
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Perform the actions in the following table to create dependencies
between the components:
You have created linkages between components in the system model.
You can publish the changes that you made to the system model. See Publishing changes to the system model.