Receiving Updates from the OEM
Important Steps:
• Create a baseline.
• Select correct source.
• Verify Remove Absent Items is enabled.
• Verify all attributes are mapped.
• Restore evaluation results.
The OEM might send updates to clarify your questions on requirements to be evaluated or there is a new version of the specification available.
It is highly recommended to create a baseline before importing an update, this baseline will enable you to roll back the update later if needed.
During import it is important to verify that the source selected by Codebeamer is the one that corresponds to the current ReqIF conversation. Failing to do so can result in not applying the correct mapping for import and it can also result in problems exporting the response to the OEM.
Generally selecting the source will restore all settings made during initial import, but it’s worth to spend some time to double check that the mapping is still valid. If it is not either the OEM has added attributes or you might have selected the wrong source. Also double check that Remove Absent Items is enabled, this will ensure that items removed by the OEM are flagged by setting the Import Status field to Deleted.
If you already started the evaluation of the requirements, importing the update will overwrite your evaluation results not contained in the ReqIF. Generally the OEM should include your results into the ReqIF when providing a response, but there are situations where this is not possible. In that case you can restore your evaluation results by creating a branch based on the baseline created before importing the update and use Merge to Master to restore the evaluation results.