Requirements Management Table Layout
Table Views in Rhapsody can be used to display Traceability from Requirements to Model Elements,
Coverage of Requirements traced to Model Elements, or Requirements details.
To display such Tables, a Layout must be defined.
To create a Requirement Details Table Layout, create a Table Layout in Rhapsody:
- Right-click, and select the menu Add New > Tables and Charts > Table Layout.
- Set a name to the Table Layout, for example, "Requirements Details".
- In the Criteria tab, set the Element Type to Requirement.

- In the Columns tab, define the columns to display in the Table.

- To create a column, select the New column button.
- Set the type of the column:
- For a "General" Attribute, like "Name", select the type General Attribute.
- For a "Requirement" Attribute, like "ID" or "Specification", select the type Requirement Attribute.
- For a "Calculated" Attribute, select the type User Defined Method.
Note: On the previous image, two Calculated Attributes have been added: "Status" and "Traced by architecture".
Consult Calculated Attributes page, for more information on how to add a Calculated Attribute.
- Set the name of the column.
To create a Requirement Hierarchy Table Layout, create a Table Layout in Rhapsody:
- Right-click, and select the menu Add New > Tables and Charts > Table Layout.
- Set a name to the Table Layout, for example, "Requirements Hierarchy".
- In the Columns tab, select the Advanced Options... button.
- Set the Context pattern Value to
Package-*, {reqPkg}Package.contains(Requirement)+, {req}Requirement+

- In the Columns tab, define the columns to display in the Table.

- To create a column, select the New column button.
- Set the type of the column:
- For a column setting the name, select the type Context Pattern Hierarchy.
- For a "Requirement" Attribute, like "ID" or "Specification", select the type Requirement Attribute.
- For a "Calculated" Attribute, select the type User Defined Method.
Note: On the previous image, two Calculated Attributes have been added: "Traced by architecture" and "Coverage".
Consult Calculated Attributes page, for more information on how to add a Calculated Attribute.
- Set the context of the column.