Import repair

Introduction

Import Repair is DOORS Next out-of-the-box extension provided by IBM which can help you to create a module hierarchy with a one-click operation.

Use Cases and Features

The user interface of this extension is simple, containing very few elements:

There is a starting button, a text field for defining the attribute based on which to build a structure and a space for result messages

1.) Import Repair UI

  • Text field - for defining the attribute name containing the structure identifiers

  • Result messages - section containin the notifications once the extension is started

  • Main button - button that starts the extension's repair functionality

To run the Import Repair extension you can use any custom attribute of string format that contains the depth indicator. Depth indicator is a number defining the depth of the artifact in the module structure, for example:

  • Depth indicator 1 - first-level artifact (section 1, 2, 3, 4.....)

  • Depth indicator 2 - second-level artifact (section 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1.....)

  • Depth indicator 3 - third level artifact (section 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.1.1, 3.1.3.....)

Import Repair Differencies - after execution artifacts were demoted based on the Depth attribute

2.) Import repair differences

As mentioned above, the extension contains the section that displays the notifications once the extension is started, below you can find the list of result messages informing the user if the execution is progressing, finished or if there is an error:

Execution In Progress - Attribute being used for depth repair:

3.) Execution In Progress

Execution Finished - repair finished

4.) Execution Finished

Error - Unable to read value for depth attribute, terminating repair process: description

5.) Error

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Preconditions and Restrictions

The extension is designed to work exclusively in modules.

The attribute which indicates the depth of artifacts must be of a string data type.

The extension is working only with numeric (integer) values.

If the depth indicator attribute has a sequence 1 - 2 - 3 - 1 error message will appear and it must be corrected to 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - (and then it's possible to assign a value 1 to the next artifact) .

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