Registering Rational Focal Point as an outbound friend in a CLM application

Before you can preview IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ elements from an application of the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), you must register Rational Focal Point as an outbound friend in the CLM application configuration.

Before you begin

About this task

For more information, see Configuring friends in the Rational solution for CLM information center.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation bar, click Friends (Outbound).
  2. Register the friend:
    1. Click Add..
    2. In Name, type the name of your Rational Focal Point instance.
    3. In the Root Services URI field, enter the Rational Focal Point URI that corresponds to https://example.com:portnumber/fp/resources/rootservices.
    4. In Oauth Secret, type a secret phrase.
    5. Clear the check box Trusted. The Trusted setting does not apply in Rational Focal Point. The authentication settings are handled in the inbound consumer configuration in Rational Focal Point.
  3. Click Create Friend.

Results

The CLM application is automatically displayed as an inbound consumer in Rational Focal Point. You can edit the authentication settings for the CLM application in the inbound consumer configuration of Rational Focal Point.

What to do next

Configure a preview view for Rational Focal Point elements that link to the artifacts of the CLM application. For more information, see Configuring a view for previewing linked elements in Rational Focal Point.

You can also configure authentication settings for the CLM application in the inbound customer configuration of Rational Focal Point. For information, see Configuring consumer authentication for a CLM application in Rational Focal Point.


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