Validating the CLM links

After publishing the artifacts to the CLM application, if you remove the artifact link or delete the artifact in the CLM application, the reports in IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ display broken links. You use the Validate the CLM Links feature to view all the broken links of all the elements in a view and take corrective action.

Before you begin

About this task

This view command is available in Rational Focal Point version 6.5.1.1 or later.

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Procedure

  1. Open the project view that has a view command for validating links.
  2. Click the Validate the CLM Links Validate CLM Links icon. If the login page of the CLM application is displayed, use your CLM application credentials to log in.
  3. Select the CLM attribute and CLM server where the artifacts are stored and click Next.
  4. Fix the broken links:
    1. To remove the link to the CLM application, click Remove.
    2. To restore the link, click Restore. The Restore optional button is displayed only for the artifacts that have broken links. If the artifacts are deleted from the CLM application, this option is not displayed.
  5. Click Apply and then click OK.

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