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Lesson 1: Create a provisionable items

In this lesson, you create the provisionable asset to share. You create a new plug-in project, create a feature project that includes the plug-in project, and then create an update site that references the newly created feature. You submit the provisionable item to the Rational Asset Manager repository in a later lessons.

Create a pattern library

To create a pattern library:
  1. Click File > New > Other.
  2. In the New window, select Show All Wizards, expand Plugin Development, select Plug-in Project, and click Next. If the Confirm Enablement dialog opens click OK.
  3. On the New Plug-in Project page, type TestPluginProject. Accept the default values in the other fields and click Next twice.
  4. On the Templates page, select the Hello, World template, and click Finish.
  5. In the Open Associated Perspective window, click No.

Create a feature project

To create a feature project:
  1. Click File > New > Other.
  2. In the New window, expand Plug-in Development, select Feature Project and click Next.
  3. In the New Feature window, type TestFeatureProject, and click Next.
  4. From the list select TestPluginProject, and click Finish. If the Open Associate Perspective window opens, click No.
  5. In the Plugin Explorer view, expand TestFeatureProject, and double-click feature.xml.
  6. Click the Dependencies tab, select Recompute when feature plug-ins change, and click Compute.
  7. Click File > Save all.

Create an update site project

To create an update site project:
  1. Click File > New > Other.
  2. In the New window, expand Plug-in Development, select Update Site Project, and click Next.
  3. In the New Update Site window, type TestUpdateSite;, and click Finish.
  4. In the Update Site Map editor, click Add Feature.
  5. From the list, select TestFeatureProject, and click OK.
  6. In the Update Site Map editor, click Synchronize.
  7. In the Feature Properties window, click Finish.
  8. Click File > Save all.
  9. In the Update Site Map editor, click Build All.

You created the update site that contains the provisionable item. You can now publish the update site project to the Rational Asset Manager server so that others can install it in their local workspaces.

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