Serena Release Manager uses the user information that you configure as part of the ongoing use of Dimensions CM.
Typically, Serena Release Control users do not need to log into the Dimensions CM client. The interaction most Serena Release Control users have with Dimensions CM is through system functions, and access to Dimensions CM information and actions requested through those functions are executed through the administrative user through which Serena Release Control communicates with Dimensions CM.
Information passed from Dimensions CM to Serena Release Manager through the underlying administrative login includes:
Development Change Request provider: Dimensions CM projects, streams, and requests (optional)
Deployment Unit provider: Dimensions CM projects, streams, and baselines
Vault Deployment Tasks: Dimensions CM projects, streams, baselines, and deployment areas
There are two main types of Dimensions CM users that interact with Serena Release Manager:
An administrative user that is specified in the system configuration files and that Serena Release Manager uses to sign on to Dimensions CM through SBM and Web services. This user must be set up for single sign-on and have privileges for the following in Dimensions CM:
Access to all project and stream information for applications to be deployed from Serena Release Manager through Dimensions CM.
Access to all request information for applications that will be tracked from Serena Release Manager through Dimensions CM as the Development Change Request provider.
Access to all baseline information for applications that will be deployed from Serena Release Manager through Dimensions CM as the Deployment Unit provider.
Ability to deploy baselines for applications that will be deployed from Serena Release Manager through Dimensions CM.
Any users that have roles in both Dimensions CM and Serena Release Manager, such as Serena Release Control power users or Serena Release Manager administrators.
What Can You Change?
You can change user and role information in Dimensions CM as needed for the users’ roles in Dimensions CM.
Use caution when changing the administrative user that is used to sign on from Serena Release Control and execute the underlying integrative functions in Dimensions CM. You must use single sign-on for the communication between Serena Release Manager and Dimensions CM to work.
What is the Impact?
When a user is signed on through single sign-on to either SBM or Dimensions CM and accesses the other client through the Web interface, that user is automatically logged into the other product.
If you don’t use single sign-on for the administrative user used for the Serena Release Manager communication to Dimensions CM, the Serena Release Manager integration to Dimensions CM will not work as designed.
How Do You Change It?
Dimensions CM administrators should configure user and role information in Dimensions CM according to the Dimensions CM documentation.
Documentation References
Complete documentation on configuring users in Dimensions CM is in the Dimensions CM Process Modeling User’s Guide in "Users and Roles".