To link IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ business
needs to artifacts in a Rational solution for
Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM)
application, you must create a Integration 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 Integration 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. If prompted, log in to the Rational solution for CLM application.
- Select multiple project areas, and associate them with
one or more member groups.
Important: Existing
associations of the selected project areas are not displayed. All
the existing associations between the selected project areas and the
member groups are overwritten by the new associations that you specify.
- To associate an individual project area with one or more
member groups, click the project area name link. A pop-up window displays
the member groups currently associated with the project area. You
can associate the project area with one or more member groups.
- Click Apply, and then click Close.
This ensures that only the selected member groups can create artifacts
in the selected project areas.
Note: - Selecting and associating project areas with member groups is
applicable only for Rational Focal Point version
6.5.2 or later.
- When using the view command to create bulk artifacts, only the
project areas that are mapped to a member group are listed. For information
about creating bulk artifacts, see Bulk linking and creating requirements
for linked elements topic.
Tip: When a previously selected project area
is archived in the CLM application, the corresponding check box is
disabled. When you save the Integration 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 Rational solution for CLM applications. The link types that you select are available to users when publishing
the elements to the Rational solution for CLM server.
You must select at least one link type.
Note: This step is applicable
only for Rational Focal Point version
6.5.1.1 or later.
- To include the description of the element when you create
an artifact in the Rational solution for 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.