ALM Integration

You can use the ALM Integration tab to integrate with Serena Business Mashups and Serena Dimensions. ALM integration requires Java 1.6 or higher.

Integrating with Serena Business Mashups

Serena Business Mashups helps your organization to improve its business processes by pulling information from different sources within your organization, from Web Service, and from third-party applications through the Business Mashups interface and into an environment that lets you see what is really going on.

To integrate with Serena Business Mashups
  1. From the application toolbar, click Setup, and then select Customization.
  2. Select the ALM Integration tab.
  3. On the General tab, check Enable Business Mashup Integration.
  4. Enter the integration URL and description (optional). Click the ellipses button next to Integration Config XML to add, edit, or view the XML used to store configuration details. Provide a password; click Encrypt to encrypt that password.
  5. On the Investment Mapping tab, create an external source for work item mapping. Define the source and choose the destination to which you want it to map. A mapped work item appears below.
  6. When finished, click Save.

Integrating with Serena Dimensions

Serena Dimensions is an end-to-end cross-platform, highly scalable solution for distributed development. It integrates application development across global sites, stakeholders, and platforms and helps automate development steps by basing them on consistent processes and streamlined delivery of applications to help you drive your business better.

To integrate with Serena Dimensions
  1. From the application toolbar, click Setup, and then select Customization.
  2. Select the ALM Integration tab.
  3. On the General tab, check Enable Dimensions Integration.
  4. Enter the integration URL and description (optional). Click the ellipses button next to Integration Config XML to add, edit, or view the XML used to store configuration details. Provide a password; click Encrypt to encrypt that password.
  5. On the Investment Mapping tab, create an external source for work item mapping. Define the source and choose the destination to which you want it to map. A work item appears below.
  6. When finished, click Save.