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Jama Connect User Guide

Add a relationship from Single Item View

Creating a relationship establishes a directional link between two items. The related items can exist in the same project or in different projects.

Important considerations
  • You must have permissions to a linked related item to be able to preview, open, or edit it. Otherwise, you can only see the related item’s name, project, and relationship attributes.

  • If relationship rules were applied to the project, only items that meet the rule's criteria appear in the right panel. Likewise, you can only create a relationship with item types that meet the applied relationship rule. To display the rules associated with this project, select Show Traceability Information Model at the top of the right panel.

    Project Relationship Diagram shows which relationships are configured for a project.

To add a relationship:

  1. While viewing an item in Single Item View, select Relationships in the side toolbar, then select Relate Items in the bottom panel that opens.

    Viewing an item in Single Item View, the Relationships widget is selected in the side toolbar and the Relate Items button is selected above the bottom panel.
  2. In the side panel that opens, select the items you want to relate to the item you're viewing, then select Relate.

    The UI shows the results of relating items, with the new relationships visible in the bottom panel and the side panel listing all related items.

A relationship is added to the selected item in the direction defined by the rules. It is then immediately visible in the bottom panel. If the new relationship isn't defined in the rules, you are prompted to define the relationship direction and type.