Setting up new HP ALM projects

New HP ALM projects require some customizations to effectively work with CLM projects.

Before you begin

Make sure the Rational® Adapter for HP ALM is installed and that the server that hosts the adapter is set up.

About this task

To use the adapter, you must customize your HP ALM projects to work with CLM projects. To do this customization work for new HP ALM projects that you want to integrate with CLM projects, you must download the exported HP ALM project provided with the adapter, which includes the required customization.

Procedure

  1. Download the customized HP ALM project provided with the adapter:
    1. Point your browser to https://[fully qualified hostname]:[port]/hpqm. Login to the Rational Adapter for HP ALM server. Use an account that has administrator privileges, if applicable.
    2. Click the help icon on any Rational Adapter for HP ALM page to go to the page About the IBM® Rational Adapter for HP ALM.
    3. In the HP ALM Exported Project section, click Download Exported HP ALM project.
    4. When prompted, save the Rational_HPQC_Project.qcp file to a local directory.
  2. Create a customized project:
    1. Launch the HP ALM Site Administration site using site administrator privileges.
    2. From the Site Projects tab, right click the domain and projects folder where you are adding the project.
    3. Select Create a new project by importing data from an exported project file to start the Create Project wizard.
    4. In the Select File for Import page, specify the download folder where you copied the .qcp file.
    5. When prompted, name the new project and set the domain.
    6. Accept the defaults for Database type and DB server on the next tab. In most cases, these settings are not changed on a project basis.
    7. Activate the new project.
    8. Click the new project to add Project Users and set Project Administrators.
  3. From the Site Administration site add a parameter to the Site Configuration table:
    1. From the Site Configuration tab, click New and add the parameter GB_BASE_URL and set the value to https://[YourRationalAdapterforHPALMURL]:[YourPort]/hpqm/
    2. Click OK to save the change.

What to do next

Set up existing HP ALM projects that you want to use with the adapter, see Setting up existing HP ALM projects.

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