You can configure the synchronization of IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ and IBM Rational Change to be either one way or
bi-directional.
Before you begin
For instructions to set up the synchronization, see the documentation
for the IBM Rational Change - Rational Focal Point Synchronizer.
You must have Rational Focal Point version 5.4 or later, Rational Change version 4.6
or later, and IBM Rational Synchronization Framework version 1.0 or
later installed.
Procedure
- Enable the synchronization by entering SQL commands.
- Click .
- Enter the following command: update
configurationproperties set value='true' where name='change.enable'
- Restart the server.
- Click and update
the integration attributes. The integration attributes
are a text attribute that will contain the change request (CR) ID
and a URL attribute that links to the CR.
- Click .
- Select the module to integrate with Rational Change.
- Select Enable
Assign a CR to Change.
- Click and select the members in the workspace who can add
CRs. Make sure that those members have the Synchronization permission.
- Click and select the view from
which synchronization must be possible. For the view definition, click
the Edit icon, and then click Next.
- In the list of attributes in the view, select Allow
Change Requests to be created from elements in this view.
- Make sure that the two required attributes, Text and URL,
exist in Rational Focal Point. For these attributes, make sure
that History is activated.
- In the views to use for the synchronization, make sure
that the two required attributes are visible.
- In the views to use for the synchronization, make sure
that the Last Changed Date attribute is visible.