Requirement grid

Requirements grid is a table with requirements listed in it. It enables you to access all requirements in a project or diagram, look up requirements by criteria and create requirements.

Creating the requirement grid

Click on Requirement on toolbar and select Requirement Grid from the drop down menu.

New Requirement Grid

The overview of requirement grid

The requirements grid

Control Description Click to configure the name of grid and the type of model element to list in grid. Click to create a new requirement. Click to show the Find panel. Enter the search text and search scope (ID/Name/Stereotypes) and click Find to perform a find action. Click to open the specification of requirement selected in grid. Click to prompt a window that lists the view(s) of the requirement selected in grid. You can open a view in further. Click to visualize requirement selected in grid. You can visualize it in a new diagram or in an existing diagram. Click to show the Configure Requirements window, which lets you manage requirement types as well as to manage the attributes of requirement types. Click to prompt the Configure Columns window, which lets you add or remove property columns in requirement grid, or to adjust the way of sorting. Click to update the content of requirements grid. Click to select the scope of requirements to list. For example, to list requirement in specific model, package or diagram. If your project is depending another project, by checking this option you can see also the requirements of dependent project(s) listed in grid. Enter the name of requirement to filter the requirement in grid. The rubber lets you clear the filtering text.

Overview of requirement grid

Creating requirement

1. Click on above the grid.
2. Name the requirement. You may optionally reset the ID by double clicking on the ID cell and entering a new one.
   

   Name requirement

   NOTE:

   The requirements created in requirements grid are automatically put under the Requirements model. You may move to another model through dragging and dropping in Model Explorer.

Visualizing a requirement

You can form a diagram with requirement, or show it in an existing diagram by visualizing it in requirements grid. To visualize a requirement:

1. Select the requirement to visualize.
   

   Select a requirement to visualize

2. Click on above the grid.
3. If you want to visualize requirement in a new diagram, check Create new diagram, select the type of diagram to create and specify the diagram name.
   

   Name a new diagram

   Otherwise, check Show in existing diagram and select a diagram in the diagram list.
   

   Select an existing requirement diagram to visualize the requirement

4. Click Create button at the bottom of the dialog box.

Filter requirements

By filtering requirements, requirements that do not match the required naming convention are filtered. To filter, enter the name of requirement, or part of its name at the top right of grid. You can make use of the asterisk (*) character to represent any character(s).

Filter requirement by name

Find requirement

To find out requirements that match specific naming or documentation pattern:

1. Click above the grid
2. In the Search Text text box, enter the text to search and specify whether to search the name and/or documentation of requirements.
   

   Enter requirement name to find

3. Click Find button. As a result, the matched requirement(s) will be highlighted in grid.
   

   The matched requirements are highlighted