Creating a partition definition in IBM Rational DOORS

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To create a partition definition:

1. At the home database, log on to Rational DOORS as a Project Manager, a Database Manager, or a Custom user who has the power to partition data.
2. In the database explorer, select the project that you want to create a partition definition for, and then click File -> Properties. You must have create access to the project.
3. Click the Partition Definitions tab.
4. Either click New to create the new partition definition from scratch, or select the partition definition you want to copy then click Copy. Note: Copying an existing definition saves time because you don’t have to type in so much information.
5. In the Name box, type the name of the new partition definition.
6. If you want to enter additional information about the partition definition, type it in the Description box.
7. Click OK. The Edit Partition Definition window is displayed.
8. The top of the screen is like the database explorer. Select the modules you want to include in the partition definition in the right pane. You can only select modules that are in the project you selected in Step 2.
9. Use the with access rights check boxes to specify the maximum access rights you want users to have at the away database. These limit the access rights that can be set at the away database. For example, if you only select the Read and Modify check boxes:
• No-one at the away database has create or delete access.
• A user with admin access at the away database can specify create and delete access, but these access rights are ignored.
• A user with admin access at the away database can restrict the access for particular users or groups further. For example, they may let the QA group have read and modify access and give everyone else read access.
10. Click Add Selected Modules to add the modules to the partition with the access rights specified.
• The selected modules are listed in the box at the bottom of the screen. This shows all the data included in the partition. The attributes in each module inherit the access rights that you set when you add the module to the partition list.
• Note If you add a module to the partition with a certain set of access rights, for example Read, and then change your mind and add the module again allowing Read and Modify access, the attributes in the module will still have Read access. If you want the attributes to inherit new access rights, you must remove the module from the partition definition and add it again with the correct access rights.
11. By default, the partition includes all of the module’s attributes. If you don’t want to include all the attributes for a particular module:
1. Select the module in the list of modules at the bottom of the screen, and then click Edit Attributes.
2. Clear the attributes that you don’t want to include in the partition. The Access column shows the maximum access rights at the away database.
3. If you want to change the maximum access rights at the away database for a particular attribute, select the attribute, and then click Edit Access.
4. Select the boxes for the access rights you want, and then click OK.
5. In the Edit Partition Attributes dialog box, click OK.
12. By default, the partition includes all the views for each of the modules you add to the partition. If you don’t want to include all the views for a particular module:
1. Select the module in the list of modules at the bottom of the screen, and then click Edit Views.
2. Clear the views that you don’t want to include in the partition.The Access column shows the maximum access rights at the away database.
3. If you want to change the maximum access rights at the away database for a particular view, select the view, and then click Edit Access.
4. Select the boxes for the access rights you want, and then click OK.Managing partitions 142 Managing Rational DOORS
5. In the Edit Partition Views dialog box, click OK.
13. In the Edit Partition Definition window, click OK.
• The Select Linksets dialog box is displayed if you selected link modules and the set of modules you selected included the source and target modules for their linksets.
• The Select Linksets dialog box shows all the linksets you could include in the partition. For each linkset, it shows the source module, the target module and the link module. It only shows a linkset if you selected all three modules in the Edit Partition Definition window.
• Note Any links that are made suspect as a result of changes made to source or target objects in the away database are not marked as suspect when the partition is synchronized or rejoined.
14. Select the check boxes for the linksets you want to include, and then click OK.