Adding HP ALM widgets to your dashboard

HP ALM widgets are predefined widgets included with the Rational Adapter for HP ALM. You can add them to any CLM dashboard, permitting you to view CLM and HP ALM information from one location.

Before you begin

You must have permission to modify the dashboard.

About this task

You can add the predefined widgets supplied by the Rational Adapter for HP ALM to a CLM dashboard. You can use the same type of widget more than once for different projects. For a description of the widgets, see Using HP ALM widgets with Rational CLM dashboards

Procedure

  1. Go to a CLM dashboard
  2. Click Add Widget.
  3. From the Select Catalog drop-down menu, under the Friends heading, select the catalog for Rational adapter widgets. If your site uses auto-friending in configuring servers, you see the selection Rational Adapter for HP ALM. Otherwise, select the the name of the friend server for your adapter.
  4. The contents of the catalog is displayed. You can narrow the list of displayed items with the Select Category menu or with filtering.
  5. Select a widget and click Add Widget to display it on your dashboard.
  6. Click user preferences. If you are not logged in to your HP ALM server, you are prompted to log in. If you are logged in, you are prompted to allow your CLM server and HP ALM server to collaborate. A window similar to the following for the Favorite Test Cases widget is displayed.

    an example of a window for selecting user preference settings

  7. Select your user preference settings from the drop-down menus and click OK. The project name you selected is appended to the widget name and the widget is populated with information from HP ALM.
  8. You can open the twistie next to each listed item to display a preview as shown in the following example:

  9. Optionally, you can modify widget appearance with the Settings and Appearance menus.

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