Creating an IDM Tool Instance

Purpose

Follow this procedure to create an instance of an IDM tool in the base database. Defining an IDM tool instance enables you to use it to provide issues/requests to relate to item revisions when using the desktop client, Eclipse, or Visual Studio integrations.

PRIVILEGES  Manage IDM Tools

To create an IDM tool instance:

1. From the IDM Tools Configuration window, click the New button:

The New IDM Tool Instance dialog box appears.

2. Enter a name for the IDM Tool Instance Name.

3. Select the Attributes tab.

4. For Web GUI URL, enter the URL of the GUI for the Serena SBM service. For example:

http://<hostname>/tmtrack/tmtrack.dll?

where hostname is the host name of the SBM server.

5. For Web Services URL, enter the URL of the Web services application for the Serena SBM service. For example:

http://<hostname>/gsoap/gsoap_ssl.dll?aewebservices71

where hostname is the host name of the SBM server.

6. For Application, enter the name of the application in Serena SBM that contains the issues to be provided, for example:

ISSUE_DEFECT_MANAGEMENT

7. Click OK to add the new IDM tool instance.

Related Topics

New IDM Tool Instance Dialog Box

Editing an IDM Tool Instance

Choosing the Active IDM Provider