Configuring the Rational Software Architect Extension for Design Management

If you want to work in Rational® Software Architect with resources that are located on a Design Management Server, you must configure the Rational Software Architect Extension for Design Management.

About this task

After you install the Rational Software Architect Extension for Design Management, you must update Rational Software Architect with the location of the Design Management Server; otherwise, you cannot synchronize comments made between models in Rational Software Architect and models that were imported onto the server.
Note: When you establish a connection between a Rational Software Architect workspace and a model repository on the Design Management Server, any changes that you make in your workspace do not update automatically on the Design Management Server. To make workspace changes available on the server (for example, if you add an operation to a class), you must import the model contents onto the server. However, if you add any links, comments, or sketches to a resource, these lightweight updates are updated on the server instantly.

Procedure

  1. In Rational Software Architect, to open the Design Explorer view, click Window > Show View > Other; then click Modeling > Design Explorer and click OK. This view opens beside the Project Explorer view.
  2. In the Design Explorer view, right-click Create a new connection. The Server Configuration window opens.
  3. In the Address field, enter the address of the server, such as https://fully_qualified_host_name:9443/dm.
  4. In the Name field, instead of using the default server name, you might want to rename the server to something more meaningful to your project.
  5. In the Username and password fields, enter the same user name that you use to log in to the Design Management Server.
  6. Click OK.

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