When you validate a UML model or diagram, validation markers
such as errors, warnings, and informational messages are displayed
in the Problems or Tasks view.
You can create Rational® Team Concert work
items from these markers so that your team can track and manage modeling
work that must be addressed in the Rational UML modeling products.
Before you begin
You can create work items based on the following three
levels of model validation severity:
- An error
- A warning
- An informational message
Before you can create work items from error, warning, or informational
messages, you must install the
Rational Team Concert -
Client feature by using
IBM® Installation Manager.
About this task
The following high-level steps outline how to set up your
environment so that you can create work items from UML modeling validation
markers:
- Install or update the product with the Rational Team Concert -
Client check box selected so the Rational Team Concert integration
is installed and enabled.
- Connect to the Rational Team Concert repository.
- To avoid an error in Rational Team Concert,
specify a category before you commit a work item.
Contact your Rational Team Concert administrator
for information about how to install the product and how to connect
to a repository. You can also consult the documentation in the Rational Team Concert information
center for additional information.
If at least one validation
marker is displayed in the Problems or Tasks view, you can create Rational Team Concert work
items to track and manage work that you must complete in one of the Rational UML modeling products.
To
create work items from model validation markers in one of the
Rational UML modeling products:
- In the Problems or Tasks view, right-click an error, warning,
or informational message; then click Create work item.
- In the Create New Work Item wizard, select a project area, and
click Next.
Note: This page is displayed only
if multiple projects are defined in Rational Team Concert.
- On the Work item type page, select the kind of work item, such
as Defect, Story, or Task,
and click Finish.
A work item is created in the Rational Team Concert project area. The
work item editor opens automatically, and the title of the work item
is identical to the validation marker message in the Problems or Tasks
view. The work item description contains the validation marker details,
the involved resource, and one or more validation targets.
Tip: In addition to creating a single work item from a single
validation marker, you can also create multiple work items from multiple
validation markers. Conversely, you can also create a single work
item from multiple validation markers. All of these commands are available
when you select and right-click several validation markers in the
Problems or Tasks view.
Tip: To understand the
reason for an error, warning, or informational message, right-click
a marker in the Problems view or Tasks view;
then click Constraint definition. To view the
subject of a validation error or warning, in the Problems view,
right-click a validation marker; then click Go To.