Configuring the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension

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

About this task

You must update Rational Rhapsody with the location of the Design Management Server; otherwise, you cannot synchronize comments made between models in Rational Rhapsody and models that were imported onto the server. When you establish a connection between a Rational Rhapsody 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 on a resource, these lightweight updates are updated on the server instantly.
Note: If you are using Rational Rhapsody version 8.0 and you are connecting to an actively managed project area on the Design Management Server, you do not need to complete the steps in this task.

Procedure

  1. In Rational Rhapsody, click View > Collaborative View; then click Modeling. This view opens a new window next to the Output window.
  2. In the New Server URL field, enter the address of the server, such as https://fully_qualified_host_name:9443/dm
  3. 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.
  4. In the Username and password fields, enter the same user name that you use to log in to the Design Management Server.
  5. Click OK.

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