Create a trace link

Note: This topic documents the native, generic Active Workspace trace-link mechanism (Active Workspace Fundamentals / Getting Started Guide book), which is the underlying capability that pillar-specific applications (Model-Based Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Program Planning, Schedule Manager, etc.) build on and surface through their own commands and views. It is not tied to any one pillar.

You can create trace links between objects such as requirements and system model blocks. You can create a one-to-many or a many-to-one trace link relationship, but not a many-to-many relationship.

Procedure

1. Ensure that you have the objects that you want to link in the results pane.

2. Click More Commands > New > Create Trace Link.

   If you want to create multiple trace links, click Pin in the Create Trace Link panel. Pinning keeps the Trace Link panel open after you create a trace link. You can then create another trace link by changing the Start or End objects.

3. Drag the selected objects to either the Start or End panels.

   To remove an object from the trace link, select it in either the Start or End panel, and then click Remove.

4. Select the Type, and then click Create.