Creating or linking to artifacts on IBM Jazz servers from assets

With the resource attribute type, you can create links between assets in IBM® Rational® Asset Manager and elements on Jazz servers such work items on IBM Rational Team Concert or requirements on Rational DOORS®. For example, you could create a defect in IBM Rational Team Concert about an asset, and then create a link between the asset and the work item. The General Details page of the asset will contain a direct link to that work item, and the work item will contain a link to the asset. Or, you can create a forum topic and people can post links to defects or create requests for enhancements.

Before you begin

To modify an asset, you must be creating a new asset from your Eclipse workspace, or you must have imported an existing asset into your workspace.

Procedure

  1. In the asset editor, on General Details tab, select a Community that has configured a connection to a Jazz-based server, and select an Asset type that uses a custom attribute of the Resource type.
  2. For the resource attribute, click the down arrow icon icon to create or link to an artifact. You will see a list of Jazz servers.
  3. Hover over the connection to the Jazz server that you want to use. A repository administrator configures the connections that are available for your community. For more information, see Adding IBM Jazz servers as friend servers.
  4. If you are not logged in to the Jazz server, a new browser window opens with the login page for the Jazz server. Type your User ID and Password for the Jazz server. Rational Asset Manager uses your credentials to access information about the resources on the Jazz server. The user account that you use to log into the Jazz server must have a Client Access License for the Jazz server.
  5. Hover over the connection name and in the fly-out menu from the connection, click the Project Area where you would like to find or create a resource. The list of project areas available to you will depend on how the Jazz server has been configured.
  6. Next:
  7. You can only select one resource at a time. Repeat steps 2 through 6 above to create links to multiple work items.
  8. To remove any links to work items, click the X next to the name of the work item.
  9. When you are ready to submit the asset to the repository, click Submit. If you are updating an existing asset, click Update.

Results

A link to the work item on the Rational Team Concert server will be displayed on the General Details page of the asset. You can click the title of the work item to go to the Rational Team Concert server. A link back to the asset will be added to the resource on the Jazz server.

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