IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS, inlinks disappear while deleting/moving modules

Question

I have a module under 3 subfolders ,and I need to delete one folder. The problem is after I delete a folder, inlinks disappear.

Let me explain more clearly; There are three folders named

-FolderA
   -FolderB
       -FolderC

and a module named ModuleX

The location is; FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/ModuleX

-FolderA
    -FolderB
        -FolderC
           -ModuleX

What I want to do is that I want to delete FolderC; FolderA/FolderB/ModuleX

-FolderA
     -FolderB
         -ModuleX

When I do this I lost my all inlinks, is there any other way to fix this? Maybe DOORS options or DXL codes or any other things?

Thanks in advance.

There is only one way I've found which works out is to write a DXL code which creates links but it takes so much time. Is there any practical way?

Answer 1

I am quite confused why you lose inlinks instead of outlinks. Just an idea: Perhaps your link module was stored in FolderC. Link Modules are usually stored in the same folder as the formal module that contains the OUTgoing links - but perhaps you just have an unusual folder structure.

If your link module(s), (especially the one where definitions of the links going from formal ModuleZ to formal ModuleX module is contained) are stored in FolderC AND if you move ModuleX from FolderC to FolderB AND if you soft delete FolderC AND if you afterwards purge FolderC AND if you click "Yes" in the following dialog that says "The selection contains one or more Link modules. Purging will destroy all associated links. Are you sure you want to continue?", you might lose inlinks.

Currently I cannot think of any other situation where you might lose links upon deleting or purging a folder.