Messaging for Duplicate Element IDs Instead of Auto Renumbering

Reference: PBI 362370
Compliance Impacts: This defect is not a compliance or regulatory issue.
Documentation: No documentation impact.

Issue

When opening an REQ file, and user selects ‘No’ to the message asking to ‘Update Inherited Components’, duplicate Element IDs (ie. Section, Notice, TransactionGraphic, etc.) were automatically renumbered to make it unique.

Research concluded that the renumbering of IDs occurred at time of opening the REQ file, not as a result of the ‘Update Inherited Components’ messaging. System logic is in place that automatically trapped for duplicate element IDs and renumbered to make them unique which in some cases resulted in other ID duplication which in turn were renumbered as the logic for the new ID assigned does not check if the ID is already in use.

Solution

Modified the existing logic to identify the duplicate element IDs and display a message to the user instead of automatically renumbering. The user can research the duplicity to research root cause and determine remedy actions.

Implementation Notes

This feature requires a Requirements Editor Tool (RE 3) update.