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Case 1: Parent nodes included in the branched document
For the input document in the following image, the filter criteria System Requirements is applied and the includeHierarchicalContent option is used. In the branched document that is created, child nodes that are system requirements and all parent nodes up in the hierarchy are included. The parent nodes are included irrespective of the matching filter criteria System Requirements.