Integration Overview

The integrations provided by Serena Release Manager enable you to associate external objects with your Serena Release Manager objects.

Applications

Release Automation applications can be created or linked to from Release Manager applications.

Environments

Release Automation environments can be created or linked to from Release Manager environments.

Automatic User Registration in Release Automation

When users access Release Automation applications or environments for the first time from Serena Release Manager, their user IDs are automatically registered in Release Automation. This enables the user to access the deployment features provided through Release Automation with no extra login and no extra administration.

Business Requests

External business requests can be associated with Release Manager application releases. These may come from SBM process apps or external tools such as ServiceNow.

Development Tasks

External development tasks can be associated with Release Manager application releases and turnovers. These may come from SBM process apps or external tools such as JIRA.

Deployment Tasks

Release Automation provides the deployment hub for Release Manager, enabling Release Manager to deploy to enterprise environments through Release Automation processes and plug-ins for external products such as Serena ChangeMan ZMF, Serena Dimensions CM, and CA Nolio.

For details, refer to the following:

Application and Environment Integration

Business Request and Development Task Integration

Deployment Task Integration