Baseline Link Missing

Hi,
When a huge module with approx of 10k objects are added to the baseline set, there is some loss of links from the current document to the baseline document of parent document. Just wanted to know why?

For Eg: Consider SWRD is the parent document(small document) and there is outlink from SWDD -> SWRD. SWDD is a huge document with approx of 10k objects. Consider that the parent document SWRD is dropped to the Baseline Set x.y . Ideally, the link of the SWDD document should be tracing to both the SWRD(Baseline) and SWRD(current). But over a period of time, the huge document(SWDD) tends to ++BREAK some of the links++ tracing to the SWRD(Baseline) and RETAIN only SWRD(current).

Just wanted to understand what is behind this weird logic...
Lion29 - Tue Oct 04 01:23:38 EDT 2011

Re: Baseline Link Missing
SystemAdmin - Tue Oct 04 04:54:35 EDT 2011

Hi Lion29,

not sure about why links could "break" unless someone removes these links... Did you look at the history of the SWDD documents that used to hold the outlink when it has been deleted?

Or do you mean that links which have been created after SWRD baseline has been created are not visible in the SWRD baseline but only in the SWDD current? This would be normal behavior, as the baseline does not recognize anything done after it has been created, not even now inlinks (well, a baseline's frozen, after all).

BR
Mike

Re: Baseline Link Missing
Lion29 - Tue Oct 04 11:15:19 EDT 2011

SystemAdmin - Tue Oct 04 04:54:35 EDT 2011
Hi Lion29,

not sure about why links could "break" unless someone removes these links... Did you look at the history of the SWDD documents that used to hold the outlink when it has been deleted?

Or do you mean that links which have been created after SWRD baseline has been created are not visible in the SWRD baseline but only in the SWDD current? This would be normal behavior, as the baseline does not recognize anything done after it has been created, not even now inlinks (well, a baseline's frozen, after all).

BR
Mike

Hello,
I have checked the history of the baseline SWDD Document, it does not have any information about the loss of links.

The SWRD document is added to the baseline set and there is no addition of links from SWDD->SWRD. No link change after the baseline of SWRD is completed. But I observe there is a link loss only from SWDD(current)->SWRD(baseline) before the SWDD is added to the baseline set.

Re: Baseline Link Missing
SystemAdmin - Tue Oct 04 13:19:08 EDT 2011

Lion29 - Tue Oct 04 11:15:19 EDT 2011
Hello,
I have checked the history of the baseline SWDD Document, it does not have any information about the loss of links.

The SWRD document is added to the baseline set and there is no addition of links from SWDD->SWRD. No link change after the baseline of SWRD is completed. But I observe there is a link loss only from SWDD(current)->SWRD(baseline) before the SWDD is added to the baseline set.

Then I think this is related to the treatment of links in Baseline Sets.

You have two modules SWRD and SWDD, SWDD links to SWRD (current to current).
Now you create a baseline set definition containing both modules.
Now you baseline SWRD (let's say to version 1.0) for this baseline set definition. By this, all links going from SWDD current to SWRD current are duplicated, each source object in SWDD has a link to both, SWRD current and SWRD 1.0.
If you would now baseline SWDD, all duplicated links would be split up again, SWDD 1.0 would contain the links to SWRD 1.0 and SWDD current would contain the links to SWRD current.

If however you do not baseline SWDD at this precise moment, you must take care of the link targets from now on until the creation of SWDD 1.0: You now have the choice which shall be your link targets!

a) If you want to indicate that the link is only relevant for issue 1.0 of SWRD, you draw the link from SWDD current to SWRD 1.0. This link will later go from SWDD 1.0 to SWRD 1.0

b) If you want to indicate that the link is only relevant for the next issue (now current version) of SWRD, you draw the link from SWDD current to SWRD current. There will be no link from SWDD 1.0 to SWRD 1.0, only from current to current.

c) If the link is relevant for both issues, (guess what) :) you have to draw the links to SWRD current AND to SWRD 1.0. Later links SWDD current -> SWRD current and SWDD 1.0 to SWRD 1.0 will exist
Does this meet the situation in your project?

BR,
Mike