Lesson 6: Check progress of requirements
In this lesson, you check the progress of requirements from Focal Point by using the XPathValueFetcher business rule to make quick course correction.
Video: How to check the status of requirements from Focal Point by using XPathValue Fetcher business rule
Steps
1 In Focal Point log in as Carl Riggs, a user with Regular User rights.
2 Click Display > My Business Needs.
3 Click the Provide high-end electronics requirement.
4 Click the Edit icon for the Requirements Status attribute.
5 Set the XPath to:
=XPathValueFetcher('RRC-FP',"/ds:dataSource/ds:artifact/ds:collaboration/ds:attributes/attribute:objectType/attribute:customAttribute
[@attribute:name='Status']/@attribute:literalName","/ds:dataSource/ds:artifact/rrm:collaboration/rrm:attributes/attribute:objectType/attribute:customAttribute
[@attribute:name='Status']/@attribute:literalName,"Status","update_interval=3")
6 Click Evaluate Expression.
If the result is successful, you can see the requirement with its current status as “Approved”.
7 Click the
Save icon
.
8 Repeat steps
3 to
6 for the “Improve safety of passengers”, “Improve fuel efficiency”, and “Provide security features” requirements.
The requirements are displayed with their status fetched from the Requirements Management application.
Lesson checkpoint
In this lesson, you learned to use the XPathValueFetcher business rule to fetch the status of the requirements.
In the next lesson, you create work items in the Change and Configuration Management application.
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