Create a derived requirement

A derived requirement is a child of an existing requirement. It inherits the existing requirement's description and is related to the parent requirement with a trace link. This enables you to use the existing information to quickly create a derivative of the existing requirement as a child requirement.

Procedure

In Systems Engineering, select an existing requirement or paragraph in the Requirements view, and do one of the following:

• Choose File→New→Derived Requirement.
• Click Derived Requirement on the toolbar.

Note: You can also create a requirement specification from the Quick create bar in the Requirements view.

1. In the New Derived Requirement wizard, select the type of derived requirement that you want to create, and then click Next.
2. In the Derived Requirement Information dialog box, enter the following information for the new requirement.

Field name	Definition	Valid values
Requirement ID	Requirement ID (required). To fill in the Requirement ID box automatically, leave it empty or click the Assign button. Systems Engineering inserts the next identifier in the sequence. The default prefix REQ- precedes the identifier. (The default prefix is set by the Default Requirement ID Rule naming rule — see Autoname requirements.)	Alphanumeric (1–128 characters)
Revision	Requirement revision (required). To fill in the Revision box automatically, leave it empty or click the Assign button. Systems Engineering inserts the current revision.	Alphanumeric (1–128 characters)
Name	Name of the requirement (required).	Alphanumeric (1–128 characters)
Description	Description of the requirement. Text typed into this box becomes the initial body of the requirement. (You use Microsoft Word to add and edit the text that constitutes the requirement body.)	Alphanumeric (1–240 characters)

3. Optionally, click Next to assign the requirement to a project.
4. Click Finish.

Teamcenter copies the value of the Description property from the parent requirement and creates the derived requirement as a new occurrence with a trace link to the parent requirement.

(Optional) Edit the content of the requirement specification in either the MS Word view or in a separate Word window.

Related Topics

• Use the Quick Create bar
• Autoname requirements
• Elements of requirement content
• Using projects
• Edit requirement content in the MS Word view
• Edit requirement content in a separate Word window