To link IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ business
needs to artifacts in a Rational solution
for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) application, you must
create a CALM link attribute and configure it with allowed service
providers and project areas to create links to.
Before you begin
- You must be a workspace administrator to create an attribute in Rational Focal Point
- You must have added Rational Focal Point as
a friend to Rational solution
for CLM application and have valid user credentials for the CLM application.
Procedure
- Click .
- Select the module in which you want to add the attribute.
- Click Add Attribute.
- Click CALM Link to select attribute
type.
- Specify a name and the description for the attribute. For
example: Related requirements, Stores
links to requirements.
- In the Allowed Service Providers area,
click the friend server name.
- Log in to the CLM application.
- Specify the project areas to link to by selecting the check
boxes.
Tip: When a previously selected project
area is archived in the CLM application, the corresponding check box
is disabled. When you save the CALM attribute, the project area check
box is removed from the list.
- In Allowed Back Link Types, select
the back link types that you want to add to the artifacts in the CLM
applications. The link types that you select are available
to users when publishing the elements to the CLM server. You must
select at least one link type.
- To include the description of the element when you create
an artifact in the CLM application, select the Include
Description check box.
- Select the Log Changes check box.
This setting is a prerequisite for enabling the view command for restoring
links.
- Click OK.
What to do next
Set up the view commands for bulk operations on artifacts
for linked elements from a view. For information, see
Adding view commands for bulk operations on artifacts in Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management applications.