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Lesson 9: Check progress of work items

In the previous lesson you changed the status of work items. In this lesson, you check the progress of work items from Rational® Focal Point™ by using the XPathValueFetcher business rule to make quick course correction.

  1. In IBM® Rational Focal Point, log in as Carl Riggs and click Display > My Business Needs.
  2. Click the Provide security features business need.
  3. Click the Edit icon for the Work Item Status attribute.
  4. Copy and paste the XPath =XPathValueFetcher('Work Items',"/?oslc_cm.properties=rtc_cm%3Astate%7B*%7D","//rtc_cm:state/dc:title[text()]","State","run_at=1"
  5. Click Evaluate Expression. If the result is successful, you can see the work item with its current status as Resolved.
  6. Click the Save icon Save.
  7. Repeat steps 3-6 for the Improve safety of passengers and Improve fuel efficiency work items.
You used the XPathValueFetcher business rule to fetch the status of published work items.
In the next lesson, you generate a traceability report.

Lesson checkpoint

In this lesson, you learned to use the XPathValueFetcher business rule to fetch the status of work items.
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