Setting up suspect links (Optional)

Configure a suspicion profile in the requirements management application to use suspect links with the adapter, if you want to. A suspicion profile identifies a set of link types, artifact types, and attributes to watch for changes. When artifacts that match the profile criteria are changed, the linked artifacts are marked with a suspicion indicator. The suspicion indicator alerts team members of the possible impact of the change.

Before you begin

You associated HP ALM projects and CLM project areas.

About this task

With a suspicion profile, you can track changes to linked artifacts in the Requirements Management applications. You can also view HP resources marked with a suspicion indicator that might require updates that are based on the changed Requirements Management artifacts. In some scenarios, you can automatically update the linked HP resource with the new content in the Requirements Management artifact.

For more information about suspect traceability in requirements management, see Suspect traceability.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the requirements management application by using an account that has Jazz™ Administrator privileges. https://fully qualified hostname:port/rm/admin
  2. Under Application Administration, click Suspicion Profiles.

    Suspicion Profiles link for requirements management applications

    The Suspicion Profile Administration page opens.
  3. In the Requirements Management section, select a project. The profile editor opens.
  4. To create a profile, either rename the untitled profile or click the Create Suspicion Profile icon, which is in the Suspicion Profiles heading or in the toolbar.
  5. In Profile Details, click Watch for References and Validated By. Watch changes to Watching. You can also click Watch for other link types that you want to watch.
  6. Optional: To add details to the criteria, place your cursor in the Artifact types to watch cell for a link type and click the pencil icon that is displayed. Select artifact types and click OK.

    Select artifact types

  7. Optional: To add criteria for specific attributes, click the pencil icon in the Attributes to watch cell and select attributes.
  8. Save the profile.

Enable suspicion tracking for the Requirements Management application.

You must enable tracking to see an index of change information for link types, artifacts types, and attributes. The suspicion profile determines which of those changes are marked as suspicious.

  1. Click Track under Requirements Management.

    Track button for suspect links

Associate a suspicion profile with an HP ALM project

You must associate a suspicion profile with your HP ALM project to monitor changes to Rational® requirements.

  1. Go to the Manage Project page for your project.

    The Manage Project link on the All Projects page is selected.

  2. On the Configure Project page, select the suspicion profile to use with this project.

    The Configure Project page with the Suspicion Profiles for the HP ALM project selected.

  3. Optional: When you update suspicious test cases or requirements (as described in Working with Suspect Traceability), a Confirmation dialog opens before the contents of your HP resources are overwritten. If you prefer to disable this Confirmation dialog, set the system property com.ibm.oslc.qm.adapter.hpqc.skipUpdateOverwriteConfirm to true.

Results

You created a suspicion profile to track changes to linked artifacts in the Requirements Management applications. You also associated a suspicion profile with your HP ALM project to monitor changes to Rational requirements.

What to do next

Use the adapter, see Using the HP adapter.

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