Request Item Configuration Details

Dimensions CM Request Item configurations enable you to add Dimensions CM requests as Release Control requests.

This should be used if you use requests in Dimensions CM to track information such as issues or incidents for release work.

Field Descriptions

The field descriptions are included in the UI. While creating or editing a configuration, point to a field name to view its description.

A few fields that may need additional explanation are described in the following table.

Field	Description	Example Values
Dimensions CM Web Services	Location of the Dimensions CM Web services	http://DimCMServer:8080/ dmwebservices2/services/dmwebservices/
Dimensions CM Web UI	Location of the Dimensions CM Web client	http://<servername>:8080/dimensions/
Dimensions CM DB Name	The name of the Dimensions CM database	cm_typical
DB Connection	The Dimensions CM database connection string	dim14
Server	The server where the Dimensions CM database is located	DimCMServer
Use Single Sign-On (SSO)	Enable single sign-on to allow the provider service to log in to the Dimensions CM system using the authentication token of the user. Note: If you are logging into a separate system that doesn't share the same SSO server, you will receive the following message "An error occurred while getting collection details" when trying to find something on the other system. If you select this, ensure that SSO is enabled for Dimensions CM as documented in "Configuring a Dimensions CM Server for SSO" in Dimensions CM System Administration Guide.
Product Filter	A comma-separated list of Dimensions CM product names by which to filter
Project Filter	A comma-separated list of Dimensions CM project names by which to filter
Request Status Filters	A comma-separated list of Dimensions CM request statuses by which to filter	RAISED,IN QA,IN PROGRESS,UNDER WORK,IN TEST
Server Time Zone Name	This field is used to set the time zone used in the display of date/time fields in Release Control. If the time zone of the Release Control server is different than that of the Dimensions CM server, enter the time zone of the Dimensions CM server in this field. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones or similar sites for information on Java time zone entries. If this field is blank, the time zone of the Release Control server is used to calculate the time.	America/Los_Angeles
Custom Attributes	Request custom attributes separated by commas. The format of the attribute must include a name and type separated by a colon. Specifying these fields enables them to be used in custom column tables. See Custom Columns.	TEXT_NAME:TEXT,DATE_NAME:DATE
Request URL Template	The URL that points to the baseline, relative to the Web UI URL.	?jsp=api&command=opencd&object_id=%REQUEST_ID%&DB_CONN=%DB_CONNECTION%&DB_NAME=%DB_NAME%