The Requirements Management Interface (RMI) communicates with external tools such as Microsoft® Office and IBM® Rational® DOORS® so that you can establish links between requirements and Simulink® model elements.
Configure the RMI to:
Use ActiveX® controls for navigation from Microsoft Office documents to Simulink models (PC only).
Use the RMI with IBM Rational DOORS software (Windows® only).
Use the RMI with IBM DOORS Next (DNG) web server.
When you work with older requirements documents that include ActiveX controls inserted by previous versions of Simulink, register ActiveX controls. More recent Simulink versions use HTTP hyperlinks to navigate from Microsoft Office to Simulink.
Run MATLAB® as an administrator.
At the command prompt, enter:
rmi setupPress Y to register the current MATLAB installation as an ActiveX Automation Server.
You must configure your IBM Rational DOORS installation to communicate with MATLAB.
Run MATLAB as an administrator.
At the command prompt, enter:
rmi setupPress Y to complete the ActiveX Automation Server setup.
Verify the path to your IBM Rational DOORS installation. The setup utility will list DOORS client installations found on your system. You can select a file path from the list or use the option to manually enter the path to the folder.
If the DOORS installation was not detected in the previous step, press
2 to enter the installation folder.
Note
You can directly access the IBM Rational DOORS – MATLAB Interface setup utility. At the command prompt, enter:
rmi setup doors
You do not need to use rmi setup for DOORS Next integration. However, if you use rmi setup for
Microsoft Office or DOORS 9 integration, you can continue with the setup for DOORS Next. The utility prompts you to enter your DOORS Next server address and port number. You can enter the values at that
point, and you can easily adjust those in each future MATLAB session. To read more about configuring MATLAB and Simulink with IBM
DOORS Next, see Requirements Traceability with IBM DOORS Next.
The Simulink Requirements™ widget enables you to propagate selection information from IBM DOORS Next.
In the Windows File Explorer, navigate to the folder
toolbox\slrequirements\slrequirements\resources in
your MATLAB installation.
Copy the dngsllink_config folder into the
extensions subfolder of your IBM
DOORS Next installation. The location of this folder depends on your
server version.
Configure the DOORS Next server for custom extensions, and then restart the server. For details on this process, see the IBM RM Extensions Hosting Guide
After copying the dngsllink_config folder to your
server, add the
Simulink
Requirements
widget to the Mini Dashboard in
DOORS Next.
In the Mini Dashboard, select Add Widget > Add OpenSocial Gadget.
Specify the URL to dngsllink_config.xml that
corresponds to the extensions\dngsllink_config subfolder
in your server installation folder.
For example, if you have Liberty server installed on Windows, the
extensions subfolder may be located in: C:/Program
Files/IBM/JazzTeamServer/server. The corresponding URL for adding the
widget will be:
https://JAZZSERVERNAME:9443/extensions/dngsllink_config/dngsllink_config.xml.