Viewing DOORS Requirements in Eclipse

A dedicated view has been added to Eclipse called MDConnect for DOORS. This view shows the contents of the DOORS database. In order for this view to function, the user must open and login into DOORS. If DOORS is not open, the view will be empty.

To open the MDConnect for DOORS view:

  1. Click Window > Show View > Other...
  2. Select MDWorkbench > MDConnect for DOORS and click OK

The MDConnect for DOORS view shows the contents of the opened DOORS database. All folders, projects and formal modules are shown, with the ability to browse the contents of the formal modules. The content of folders and modules is retrieved on-demand, to guarantee a minimal performance footprint.

DOORS Database data shown in this explorer is persisted across sessions. You only have to reconnect to DOORS if you ask to navigate in a content that was never loaded or if you explicitly ask to synchronize the data.

Filtering

The objects contained within the formal modules can be filtered with optional filters, by using the menu at the top of the MDConnect for DOORS view.

Opening the MDConnect for DOORS Menu

From this menu, the user can select the filters to apply to the view, and open a window to choose the DOORS Object decorators. The Label Decorators are used to enable visual indicators on the DOORS objects based on their properties.

Setting the Label Decorators in the MDConnect for DOORS view

Changing Views

The view used to display the contained objects for a formal module can be selected by using the "Change View..." contextual menu. A list of the available views for the selected module are presented. The filter used in the selected view is used to filter the list of contained objects of the formal module.

Changing the View

Changing Baselines

The baseline for the selected formal module can be selected by using the "Change Baseline..." contextual menu. When a baseline other than "current" is selected, the selected view is not taken into account.

Changing the Baseline