IBM Rational RequisiteWeb Service Release 2003.06.13 Release Notes

V2003.06.13, September 2004

This file last updated: August 9, 2004

Material ID/Part Number: GI11-4691-03


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Scope

This document provides information about the v2003.06.13 service release of IBM(R) Rational(R) RequisiteWeb. For more general information on v2003.06.13, including descriptions of supported platforms, enhancements, installation, configuration, and known issues for RequisiteWeb, refer to the Installing and Configuring IBM Rational RequisiteWeb.

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Product changes described in this document and contained within this service release apply if you are upgrading from:

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Contents

What's New in This Service Release
Hardware/Software Information
Getting Started
Product Documentation
Defects and Changes
Contacting Rational Customer Support

What's New in This Service Release

RequisiteWeb Tabbed Requirement Properties pages

RequisiteWeb now offers access to all requirement properties through a set of tabbed pages that correspond to the Requirement Properties dialog box in the RequisitePro Windows client. This centralizes requirement creation and editing in a concise user interface. The tabbed pages include the following:

Creating Requirements in a RequisiteWeb Attribute Matrix

You can now create a new requirement from within an Attribute Matrix. The Create Requirement button appears at the bottom of each Attribute Matrix page, and provides access to the tabbed Requirement Properties pages. The new requirement defaults to the requirement type of the Attribute Matrix; it is displayed in the matrix after you save it. For more information, see the topic "Creating and modifying requirements" in the RequisiteWeb online Help.

Editing Requirements in a RequisiteWeb Attribute Matrix

You can now modify requirement attribute values directly in an Attribute Matrix. When you edit in an Attribute Matrix, each value you change is recorded as a separate revision history record. For more information, see the topic "Creating and modifying requirements" in the RequisiteWeb online Help.

Editing Traceability in a RequisiteWeb Traceability Matrix

You can now work directly within a Traceability Matrix to add, remove, and modify a traceability relationship between two requirements. You can also add or remove suspect conditions for the traceability relationship. For more information, see the topic "Viewing and modifying traceability" in the RequisiteWeb online Help.

Hardware/Software Information

This service release introduces new support for RequisitePro projects in IBM DB2 Universal Database version 8.1 FixPak 5 or later, including DB2 UDB Express. To access DB2 projects from RequisiteWeb, you must configure DB2 client software on the RequisiteWeb server.

For more information on RequisiteWeb hardware and software requirements for this release, refer to Installing and Configuring IBM Rational RequisiteWeb.

Getting Started

Installation Information

Be sure to clear all folders and files from the GenDoc folder after upgrading your system to this new service release. The default location of this folder is: C:\Program Files\Rational\common\rwp\webapps2\ReqWeb\GenDoc.

The RequisiteWeb configuration file, config.txt, has been simplified. The following configurations settings are no longer required and have been removed from the file: RPXDocPath, RPXHTTP, SSL. The RPXCatalog is still used to locate your RequisiteWeb project catalog file.

For full installation instructions for RequisiteWeb, see the manual IBM Rational Software Server Products Installation Guide. For information about upgrading Rational Suite or integrations with other Rational products, see the manual IBM Rational Suite Upgrade Guide and the IBM Rational Suite Release Notes. Both installation guides are available on the IBM Rational Solutions for Windows Online Documentation CD-ROM and at the IBM Publications Center (http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order).

Product Documentation

For a description of documentation sources for this product, refer to the IBM Rational RequisitePro Release Notes.

Note: IBM Rational documentation is now available at the IBM Publications Center (http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order). (To search for the IBM Publications Center, go to http://www.ibm.com and enter "IBM Publications Center" in the Search field.)

Defects and Changes

Defects fixed in v2003.06.13

Component

ID

Description

RequisiteWeb RATLC00704348 If you choose to install RequisiteWeb without installing RequisitePro, users may not be able to take documents offline in RequisiteWeb.
RequisiteWeb RATLC00716807 RequisiteWeb servlet engine crashes after editing Attribute Matrix query.

Defects fixed in v2003.06.12

Component

ID

Description

RequisiteWeb RATLC00701662 Web Security: WEB-INF and META-INF directories vulnerable to download.

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

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