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Lesson 2: Getting connected

This lesson describes how to connect to a project area and a repository in Rational Team Concert™
The previous lesson stepped you through some administrative tasks. This was done as a user with JazzAdmin Repository Permissions. The remainder of this tutorial is aimed at an individual developer. The tutorial will use a fictitious developer named Chris, the team member that was added earlier in the tutorial. Use your own id wherever the tutorial refers to Chris if you decided to add someone other than Chris in the administrative tasks.

Connecting to a project area by accepting a team invitation

Connecting to a project area once Rational Team Concert is set up.
  1. Start Rational Team Concert
  2. Create a new Eclipse workspace.
    Note: It's best that you not use the Eclipse workspace you created during the first section of the tutorial.
  3. Switch to the Work Items perspective. If this is not the current perspective, from the menu bar select Window > Open Perspective > Others... > Work Items then open the Team Artifacts view:

    The Team Artifacts view

    The invited member should have received an e-mail from the JazzAdmin with text similar to the following (or you have a copy of the invitation properties):
    teamRepository=https://localhost:9443/jazz/
    userId=chris
    userName=Chris
    projectAreaName=Prelude
    teamAreaPath=/Team 1
    Note: If you are not using the username chris, change the userId and userName information to match your user information.
    Tip: The default password for a user is the same as the username. Chris's username is chris and the password is chris.
  4. From the Team Artifacts view, click Accept Team Invitation.
  5. In the Accept Team Invitation dialog box, in the text field, paste the properties sent in the invitation e-mail (or copied from the previous chapter).
  6. Click Finish. You should be logged in and connected to the correct project area.

    If you were able to connect to the project area using the data sent in the team invitation, skip the next section and proceed to Using Jazz Work Items.

Creating a repository connection and connecting to a project area

If you were not able to connect using the Team Invitation, complete the following steps to connect manually.
  1. In the Team Artifacts view tool bar, click the Connect to Project Areas icon.
  2. In the Connect to Project Areas wizard, on the Jazz Repository Connection page, ensure that the Create a new repository connection radio button is selected and click Next.
  3. On the next page, define a repository connection. Under Location, enter the server location (a URL of the form: http://[server]:[port]/jazz). Under Authentication, enter your user ID and password.
  4. Click Next.
  5. On the final page of the wizard, select the project areas that you want to connect to. Ensure that the Prelude project area is selected and click Finish.

Lesson checkpoint

In this lesson, you connected to a project area as a team member.
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