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The design build path

The design build path defines a hierarchy of the projects involved in the location. It is used to resolve the links between the instances of the various projects included in the location.

To resolve the links, the design build path explores the projects hierarchy. It applies to all the instances of the location. If it is not defined, the resolution of the links is limited to the current project. Hence, calling an instance located in another project of the location is impossible and a reference search only retrieves the results found in the current project.

The project from which you open an instance or generate it is the starting point for the upward exploration of the design build path. This project constitutes the work context of the instance.

If you used the Pacbase migration procedures to import your instances into the location, the design path is automatically defined according to the hierarchy of the Pacbase Libraries. However if you created your projects and instances from scratch, you must specify the projects hierarchy in the Design build path wizard available from the location.

You can access the design build path in three different ways:
  • The whole design build path of the location can be viewed and modified. Right-click on the location and select Properties.
  • A partial view of the path, in which the selected project constitutes the lowest project of the hierarchy, can be viewed, but not modified, from each project. Right-click on the project and select Properties > Design build path.
  • Another partial view of the path, in which the work context constitutes the lowest project of the hierarchy, can be viewed, but not modified. From the Overview tab of the instance editor, click the Hierarchy button.

To be shared, the design build path must be saved onto the Rational Team Concert™ server.


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