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Explore item relationships in Trace View Canvas (Beta)

Use Trace View Canvas to review item relationships, identify coverage issues, and follow a relationship chain.

To explore item relationships:

  1. In the Explorer Tree, select the item you want to investigate, then select Trace view.

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  2. Select Canvas, select the source item, then review its immediate upstream and downstream relationships.

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  3. Pan or zoom to examine more of the trace structure.

  4. Collapse item relationships that aren’t relevant.

  5. Select a document key (item ID) to preview an item.

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  6. Review the suspect-relationship and missing-coverage indicators on each card.

  7. Select a related item, then choose the action to continue expanding the trace. Upstream items expand the trace upstream; downstream items expand it downstream.

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  8. Repeat the process as needed to follow the relationship chain.