Defining communities

A community is a repository structure that facilitates user interaction with a group of assets that are related in some way. Communities consist of assets, administrators, users, user groups, and review processes. Community administrators assign roles and permissions to users and user groups; create and manage review processes; and manage request tracking.

About this task

Based on their roles and permissions, users can participate in reviews. They can also browse, download, modify, and submit assets.

Procedure

To define a community:

  1. Log on to the Rational® Asset Manager web application as an administrator.
  2. Click Administration.
  3. To create a new community, click New Community.
  4. In the New Community dialog, describe the new community and assign an administrator.
    1. Type a name for the community in the name field.
    2. Type a brief description for the community in the description field.
    3. Type the name of a user and click Search. Select a user to assign that user as the community administrator Community administrators define users, user groups, and review processes. They also manage discussion forums in each community.
  5. Click OK.
  6. To remove a community from the repository click Delete.
    1. In the Delete Selected Communities dialog, choose to delete the community and all the assets associated with the community by selecting the Delete communities and assets radio button.
    2. To delete the community and transfer the assets, select the Delete community and transfer assets to radio button, then choose the community to transfer the assets to from the list.
    3. Click Delete.

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