Deploying a content package

A content package is a bundle of predefined views, artifact elements, queries, product configuration groupings, enumerations, and analysis filters and profile templates, which are deployed by the administrator. The Artifact Elements, Sample and Analysis content packages are installed and available initially, but you can download, install, and deploy other packages.

Content packages must be installed on the Rational® Engineering Lifecycle Manager server. On the server where Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager is installed, extract the content packages to the RELM_HOME/server/conf/relm/contents directory.

If you want to use the sample views, artifact elements, queries, product configuration groupings, enumerations, analysis filters, and profile templates, but they do not display in the user interface, you must deploy the Artifact Elements, Sample and Analysis folders.

The sample report, sample.dta, is in the RELM_HOME/server/conf/relm/reports directory. Copy the file to a location that is easily accessible to team members, and then tell the team where the file is.

Extra packages, such as those for ISO-26262, can be found at Content Packages for IBM® Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager

Installing a content package as an administrator

After you download the content package, access the Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager administration using the Administration icon Administration gear icon, and select Deploy Predefined Contents. From the list of available packages, click Deploy for the packages that you want to apply to this project.

Administrative area showing the "Deploy Predefined Content Packages" deployment page.

When you deploy Artifact Elements, if they were already deployed, you have a choice of overwriting the existing artifact elements with the default artifact elements or creating a duplicate set. The following message explains the choice.

"Deploy Artifact Elements Package" dialog box message, showing choice for artifact elements.

If you create a duplicate set of artifact elements, the following image shows what the change looks like:

Duplicate sets of artifact elements in Queries Artifact Elements screen.

You can tell the difference between the duplicate sets by looking at the dates in Last updated column.

Installing a content package as a user

You must have Product Management, Query Management, and View Management permissions to install a content package.

In any screen, in the upper right, click the Administration icon (looks like a gear) and choose Jazz Team Server Administration > Deploy Predefined Contents.

The image guides you to choose the "Deploy Predefined Contents" option to view the administrative screen where the content package is located.
In the Deploy Predefined Content Packages screen, click Deploy next to Sample or Analysis or both.

Installing the sample report as a user

You must have Reports permission to deploy a report resource to install the sample report.
  1. In the main menu, choose Reports > Report Resources, and then click Create Resource in the upper right.
  2. In the Contents section, click Browse. Go to the location where your administrator placed the sample.dta file, and select it. Optionally, change the name and description, and then save your changes.

Viewing the artifact elements

Artifact elements are containers that automatically gather information that administrators can use to build a view.
Artifact elements
To see the artifact elements in their folders, click Views > Artifact Elements.
Views
To build a view by using artifact elements, click Views > Create > View. Enter the query name, a folder to save the query in, and click Save. In the Views editor, in the Palette accordion tab, open the Artifact Elements section. Drag an artifact element onto the views canvas to set up a view.
Queries
To view artifact elements that are used to create views, click Queries > Artifact Element Queries. Click an artifact element to enter parameter values, and run the query.

Viewing the sample contents

You can see the deployed sample content package on several pages.
Views
To see the sample views, click Views > Browse > Shared Views. Expand the Sample folder to view the sample views. If a view contains parameters that require a value, enter the value to open the view.
Queries
To see the sample queries, click Queries > Browse > Shared Queries. Expand the Sample folder to view the sample queries. If a query contains parameters that require a value, enter the value when you run the query.
Reports
To see the sample report, click Views > Browse > Shared Views. Expand the Sample folder and select a view to print. With the view on the screen, click the Generate Report icon in the upper right. You see the sample report in the Generate Report dialog box.
Product configuration groupings
To see the sample product configuration groupings, click Products > Browse > Product Configuration Groupings, or go to Products > Browse > Recently Viewed Product Configurations.
Enumerations
View the sample enumerations for a query in a view. Open the view editor by creating or editing a view.
  1. In the Page Properties accordion tab, in the Parameter section, click the Add link.
  2. In the Add Parameter dialog box, in the Type list box, choose Enumeration.
  3. In the Enumeration list box, choose More.
  4. View the sample enumerations in the Enumeration Manager dialog box, Enumerations list.
To view the sample enumerations for a query, follow the directions under Version 4.0.4 and earlier.

Version 4.0.4 and earlier

View the sample enumerations for a query. Open the query editor by creating or editing a query.

  1. In the query editor, add a parameter to the query and click the Refresh parameters from SPARQL query icon in the Parameters section.
  2. In the Parameters section, change the Type to Enumeration and set the value to More.
  3. You can see the sample enumerations in the Enumeration Manager dialog box, Enumerations list.

Viewing the analysis contents

For the analysis content package, you can see the profile and filter templates on the Impact Analysis screens.
Filters
To see the filter templates, click Analysis > Browse > Impact Analysis Filters.
Profiles
To see the profile templates, click Analysis > Browse > Impact Analysis Profiles.

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