Relate objects when you want to show a connection between them. You can relate an object to several other objects. For example, a request might be related to several item revisions.
NOTE
You may not be able to relate items and requests when they are in certain lifecycle phases if the CM Rules have been set up to prevent this. For details, see About Change Management Rules in the Process Configuration Guide.
If a request has been deployed to a particular stage, you cannot relate additional item revisions in response to the request if they are at an earlier deployment stage.
You cannot relate requests belonging to one product with items belonging to another product.
To relate objects to a selected object:
In the content pane, select the object you want to relate.
Click the Relate button and select the object class you want to relate to the selected object.
In the Relate dialog box, for Relationship type, select a relationship.
The available relationships depend on the object type and on your process model.
For Relate to, click the browse button and use the Selection Wizard to find one or more objects.
For help with the Selection Wizard, click the Help button in the wizard.
Click the Save button.
To unrelate objects from a selected object:
In the content pane, click the name of the object from which you want to unrelate objects.
In the Open Request, Item, Project, stream, Baseline, or Requirement dialog box, click the Relationships tab.
Select the type of object you want to unrelate in the Related Objects Class field.
Optionally, use the Filter field to filter the list of objects shown in the Relationships tab.
Select the required objects in the Children and/or Parents lists., and click the Unrelate button.
Click the Save button.
Related Topics
About Linking Version Management and Change Management
About Project and Stream Relationships
About Design Part Relationships
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