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About the Relationship Viewer
The Relationship Viewer in the Refreshed Web Interface provides the ability to view relationships for one or more items in a tree structured hierarchy. On navigating to the Relationship Viewer of an item, the first level of relationships for the item are displayed in a tabular format. The RELATIONSHIP, TYPE, TITLE, STATE, PROJECT, and ACTIONS columns are displayed by default.
Options are available to expand and collapse related items, configure columns, and select the type of relationships to be displayed. For conceptual information on relationships, see What Are Item Relationships?.
A Relationship Viewer looks similar to the following:
The following details are presented once you launch the Relationship Viewer from one of the launch points.
User Interface Component
Description
Indicates that the item is being viewed in the Relationship Viewer
Displays the tool tip for the Relationship Viewer.
Sorts by relationship direction
The tree can contain downstream or upstream or both relationships. By default, downstream relationships are sorted first in the order.
Expands the tree to show the relationships for an item. When you expand at the root level, all relationships for the root item are displayed.
Collapses the tree and hides the relationships for an item. When you collapse at the root level, all relationships for the root item are hidden.
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To collapse the entire tree hierarchy, select Collapse All from the Hamburger menu on the STRUCTURE column. Once the structure is collapsed, the Collapse All option is disabled.
Indicates a forward or downstream relationship.
Indicates a backward or upstream relationship.
Indicates a trace relationship.
Indicates a suspect trace relationship.
Indicates the item contains a relationship loop.
A relationship loop occurs when an item has both a forward and a backward relationship with another item within the same relationship hierarchy.
Opens the Column Manager. For more information, see Configuring columns for the Relationship Viewer.
Opens the Regenerate Relationship View window. For more information, see Regenerating the Relationship View.
Filters rows based on matching criteria. For details on filtering data, see Filtering in the Relationship Viewer.
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The relationship view is reloaded once new columns are configured or when a relationship view is regenerated.
Accessing the Relationship Viewer
Configuring Columns for the Relationship Viewer
Regenerating the Relationship View
Filtering in the Relationship Viewer
Key Considerations for the Relationship Viewer