Enabling suspect links tracking applies the <<track>> stereotype to the relationships between the Requirements and the design elements. The stereotype contains a fingerprint tag dedicated to identifying changes at the relationship end (e.g., a Requirement by default). It also contains a version tag for storing the version when showing changes between relationship end elements.
The <<track>> stereotype is applied to the relationships automatically right after enabling the suspect links tracking, changing the tracking scope, or creating a new relationship (in the case when suspect links are already enabled) if the following criteria are satisfied:
- The relationship type is Satisfy, Verify, Refine, or deriveReq.
- If custom suspect links tracking is created, the relationship type, direction, source, and target element types should be as defined in the configuration.
- The relationship itself and the relationship's source and target elements are under the specified tracking scope.