Configure Requirements Toolbox for Interaction with Microsoft Office and IBM DOORS

To import requirements and establish links between Model-Based Design items and external tools such as Microsoft^® Office and IBM^® DOORS^®, you must configure MATLAB^® and Simulink^®.

If you use Windows^® platform, you can configure MATLAB and Simulink to:

Use ActiveX^® controls for navigation from Microsoft Office documents to Simulink models.
Use Requirements Toolbox™ with IBM DOORS software.

Note

MATLAB Online™ does not support importing requirements from or linking to requirements in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel^®, or IBM DOORS documents.

Alternatively, you can manage your requirements by configuring IBM DOORS Next to communicate with Requirements Toolbox. For more information, see Configure IBM DOORS Next for Integration with Requirements Toolbox.

Configure Requirements Toolbox for Microsoft Office

If your external requirements document contains backlinks that use ActiveX controls, to use the backlinks, you must register ActiveX controls.

Run MATLAB as an administrator.
At the command prompt, enter:
```
rmi setup
```
Press Y to register the current MATLAB installation as an ActiveX Automation Server.

Configure Requirements Toolbox for IBM DOORS

After you install IBM DOORS, you must configure your IBM DOORS installation to communicate with MATLAB.

Run MATLAB as an administrator.
At the command prompt, enter:
```
rmi setup doors
```
Press Y to complete the ActiveX Automation Server setup.
Verify the path to your IBM DOORS installation. The setup utility lists the DOORS client installations on your system. You can select a file path from the list or manually enter the path to the folder.
If MATLAB did not detect your DOORS installation, press 2 to enter the installation folder.
Restart MATLAB using a non-administrator account.
At the command prompt, enter:
```
rmi setup doors
```

You only need to perform this configuration once.

Tip

If Requirements Toolbox does not communicate after performing this setup, try the setup process described in Configure Requirements Toolbox for IBM DOORS Software.