Exporting ReqIF packages

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When you export a Requirements Interchange Format (ReqIF) package, the data that is included in the selected definition is copied to an XML file. Data locks are applied to the local data as prescribed by the definition. The XML file is called a ReqIF package.

Before you begin

You must have the permissions to partition data, and modify access to the project. Ensure that the project and the modules in the definition to export are not open.
Note: When you export a package, all public views that you can access in the modules in the definition are included in the package.

Procedure

  1. In the database explorer, select the project that contains the definition and data to export, and click File > Properties.
  2. Click the ReqIF Definitions tab, select the ReqIF definition, and click Export.
    The Export ReqIF Definition window is shown. The ReqIF definition that you selected is shown in the ReqIF Definition name field:
    Export ReqIF definition
  3. Enter the full path of the ReqIF package file in the ReqIF Package file name field.
  4. Select the output format that you want from the Output Format list.
  5. Optional: Click Settings and select the checkbox if you want to select the other Export ReqIF Definition options. The Output any OLE with '.rtf' extension, Use symbol map file, Export blank values, Export baseline information, and Do not output OLE as original file are the available Export ReqIF Definition options.
    Important: Select the Export blank values checkbox only when you export the ReqIF package to send to other products, such as IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (DOORS Next). Do not select it when you export the ReqIF package to send to another DOORS 9 instance.
  6. Click Apply, and then click Close.
    Export ReqIF definition options
  7. Click OK.
    Export ReqIF definition options
    The ReqIF export complete message is shown.
  8. Click OK.
    ReqIF export complete
    Note: If the data contains symbol characters that cannot be exported in ReqIF format, the report displays the following information about the characters: the object, module, and attribute that the data is in. You can replace the symbol characters with alternative characters and export the data. If the data is imported back to the original database, the symbol characters are overwritten with the Unicode characters that were exported.