Setting up an IBM Rational DOORS module for sharing at levels greater than 4

Answer

When a module is setup for sharing at a particular level, the only change that occurs in the module is, the objects in that level would have "Inherit from parent" option under the Access tab in Object Properties unchecked.

When you choose to Setup a module for sharing using GUI (Tools -> Setup for Sharing), users can setup the module for sharing up to level 4. When there is a need to setup a module for sharing at level greater than 4, all objects at that level will require "Inherit from Parent" option unchecked (Right click on Object -> Properties -> Access). Alternatively, the following script also can be used:


int LEV = 6

Object o

string errMsg = null

int count = 0

if(null current Module)

{

  ack "This script should be run from a module"

  halt

}

if(!canControl current Module)

{

  ack "To create sections, you require admin access to the module (RMCDA)"

  halt

}

for o in current Module do

{

  if(level o == LEV)

  {

    errMsg = specific o

    if(!null errMsg)

      print "Could not share object " o."Absolute Number" ". Error:\n" errMsg

    else

      count++

  }

}

infoBox "Created " count " sections in this module"


In the above script, please specify the level in the first line of the script (int LEV = ). The user that runs this script should have RMCDA access to the module.

Note: Care should be taken when sections are created in module. Larger number of sections can impact performance.