Defining a configuration template tells Change Management
for Rational® DOORS® how to locate the change management server.
It also defines how the installed change request process maps to the
concepts used in the change management feature.
About this task
For help in defining your configuration templates, see the
customization guide for your change management system.
Procedure
- On the main menu, select . The Configuration Template
- DOORS window opens and displays the Step 1
Configure Rational Change Management Server tab.
- In the Template Name field, type
the template name.
- Select the method of authentication, either basic access
authentication or Open Authorization (OAuth).
- Based on your authentication method, perform one of the
following steps:
- Basic access authentication
- In the URL for Change Management server field,
type your server URL.
For example: http://server:port/change/oslc
Another
valid option is https.
- Click Connect.
Your change management
login dialog box opens. Log on to your system to return to the Configuration
Template - DOORS window.
- OAuth
- Before creating a configuration template, ensure that you added
the correct Collaboration Link, using the Remote
Services tab on the DOORS Database Properties window.
- Under Rational Change Management Server Configuration,
select the applicable service provider, and then click Next.
The
change management service provider log opens.
- Log on to the change management service provider to return to
the Configuration Template - DOORS window.
- Complete all applicable fields in the Configuration
Template - DOORS window.
- Click Next to display the Step
2 Requirements Change Management tab.
- In the Values section, complete
all fields to set the values for the various states that are applicable
to your change management process.
Ensure that you use
the name for each state as defined in the process or schema rather
than the label.
- Based on the change management system that you are using,
perform one of the steps:
- If you are using Rational Change,
go to the next step.
- If you are using Rational ClearQuest:
- In Apply Action Attribute, check For
ClearQuest.
- Type the name of the ClearQuest action
that moves the record to the Applied state.
- Type the name of the ClearQuest action
that moves the record to the Review state in Review
Action Attribute.
- Go to the next step.
- If you are using Rational Team
Concert:
- Check For Rational Team Concert.
- Type the name of the Rational Team Concert action
that moves the work item to the Applied state in
your process in Apply Action Attribute.
- Type the name of the action that moves the work item to the Review state
in Review Action Attribute.
- If you are using one of the delivered process templates, in the State
Attribute field, typertc_cm:state. Or
type the name of the attribute that contains the state if you created
your own process.
- Go to the next step.
- In the RCR Submit Form field, select
the applicable submit form in your change management process that
is used for requirement change requests.
- In the Conflicting Proposal Behavior field,
select one of the following options:
- Take no action
- Warn user of conflict: when users make
changes that will cause a conflict, a warning message is displayed.
The user can make or cancel the change.
- Prevent modification: users cannot
make changes that will cause conflicts.
Note: Selecting any setting other than Take No Action causes
a slight delay when you open the modules to edit them.
- Select the Show RCR Recording Report option
to show the RCR Recording report.
- To enable the Reject button on the Rational DOORS Web Access Requirement Change
Management page, in DWA, select Enable
Reject button.
- Click Next to display the Step
3 Requirements Implementation tab.
- For all fields, select those options that are applicable
to your change management process that is used for implementation
requests.
- Click Next to display the Step
4 Requirements Gathering tab.
- In the Default Query String field,
type the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) style query
string to be used during requirements gathering.
Skip
this step if you are not using the requirements gathering feature.
- Click Next to display the Step
5 Finish tab.
- In Template Summary, review the
selections you created, and then perform one of the following steps:
- If the information is correct, click Finish to
save your configuration template.
- If you need to correct the information, click Back to
return to the correct tab. Then, make the necessary corrections.