Hello,
I’m trying to export a ReqIF file from Capella, but I don’t understand how I can do that. Is it possible and do you know where i can find a tutorial ?
Also, I tried to import a ReqIf file in Capella but I have this error message and I don’t understand what to
means so if someone have an idea to fix that I would really appreciate !
Alice
Hello,
Regarding export, as far as I know there is no feature to export requirements from Capella to the ReqIf format. Maybe someone else has some information about this.
Regarding import, there is indeed a restriction on the content of the ReqIf file you can import.
You may create a module in your ReqIf file by importing the file into Capella (with the Requirement Addon installed), and opening it with the reqif editor. A sample reqif file with the correct structure can be found in the test projects.
Regards,
Arnaud
Hi @ArnaudDieumegard I have managed to import a ReqIF to my project, however, the user attributes (e.g. VnV status) that I have created in Doors module were not imported into Capella against each requirement.
Any ideas why this is happening?
Thanks,
Hélder Castro
Hello, @HelderCastro
As you already know, the embedded documentation (Eclipse Menu > Windows > Help Content > Requirement addon section) and specifically the section related to the importer preferences contains the information for the import of custom attributes.
I managed to do the import using your settings file and a sample ReqIf file where I have declared a requirement with your custom attributes Sample_CustomAttributes.reqif (8.5 KB)
I have no access to DOORS so I cannot generate the actual ReqIf file so it may be the reason why it is not working. If you could share a sample file then maybe we can find the problem.
Regards,
Arnaud
Hello @AliceAmsili,
From the documentation, you can find some other limitations among which is the “no export” limitation.
Regards,
Arnaud
thank you! I’m going to look at that very carefully.
Thank you @ArnaudDieumegard for supporting this task.
I have managed to import your Sample_CustomAttributes.reqif file and the attributes are shown. However, the “Quality Status” is not shown in the project explorer.
In a different attempt, I have tried and reset all filters in the project explorer.
Same result.
I still can’t import my attributes in my ReqIF file.
Thanks.
Hello @HelderCastro,
In the sample I provided it was on purpose that I did not provide a value for the Quality Status attribute for Requirement 1 (a matter of testing what happens when an attribute value is not provided while the attribute is specified). So this is a perfectly normal behavior.
Under Capella with the Requirement VP installed, you can open the ReqIf file and edit it to add a value to the value and you will then be able to import it:
Regards,
Arnaud
Thank you @ArnaudDieumegard for all your help and availability.
I was now able to import all the attributes from Doors - > REQIF - > Capella.
In addition, to importing I was able to do a round-trip, that is, in Capella I traced textual requirements to model elements; exported to a .csv file - > Doors.
A new attribute was created in Doors that contains the traced element.
Thanks,
Hélder Castro
@HelderCastro I want to know how you exported the traced textual requirements to .csv file in Capella.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Kruger
Hi @Kruger,
Sure, happy to share.
I did select and used the Mass Visualization (Mass Editing view can also be used) to capture requirements, traceability and attributes in a table format as below:
The table above is after some work on columns re-ordering and hiding and showing columns.
Then it is ready to export to a .csv file by selecting, as you may know, “View Menu” (three vertical dots).
You can then import the .csv file, if you wish, to a requirements management tool (e.g., IBM Doors). It should update any fields after some work on the .csv file.
I hope that helps,
Hélder Castro
I have figured it out, Thanks
Great @Kruger,
A note to the above: any updates to the requirements text or attributes (not recommended in Capella if being managed in an external requirements management tool), will be exported to .csv file and reflected in a requirements management tool.
I hope that helps,
Hélder Castro
Hi all,
By using Python4Capella and pyreqif I managed to write a raw script capable of exporting to ReqIF, though with some limitations related to the support to ReqIF types provided by pyreqif.
