{"id":1642,"date":"2017-05-25T09:59:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T08:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2017-05-25T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T08:31:09","slug":"merging-items-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/merging-items-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Merging Items Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Merging Items<\/h2>\n<p>One or more requirements or system notes can be merged into either a new item or an existing item. <em>Merging items<\/em> combines their frames, concatenating frames that appear in two or more of the source items. Cross references are created between the requirements being merged and the merged result.<\/p>\n<p>You can control the effect on the item&#8217;s key, origin, reference and category codes. The <em>merged item<\/em> can be cross referenced to everything that the sources were, as well as to the sources themselves. The source requirements can be deleted after the merge (if you have read-write access to them) if required.<\/p>\n<p>When multiple items are merged, conflicts arise when their components differ. Fields in the <strong>Item Merge<\/strong> dialog with a blue border show conflicts between the selected items. The <strong>Options<\/strong> section in this dialog helps define how such conflicts can be resolved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1647\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merge-300x204.png\" alt=\"Dialog produced when merging items\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merge-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merge-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/merge.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Item Merge dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.2\/WorkBench\/Tasks\/merging_items_wrk.htm\">here<\/a> to see the steps on how to merge your requirements\/system notes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/merging-items-together\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fmerging-items-together%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merging Items One or more requirements or system notes can be merged into either a new item or an existing item. 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