Source Configuration Type Fields

The Source Config Type field enables you to select a product from which you want to load artifacts into Deployment Automation as component versions. Deployment Automation integrates with the source configuration tools to provide this functionality. Loading artifacts into Deployment Automation enables you to track your artifacts as component versions as they are deployed into application environments.

Note: The Source Config Type integrations are not the same as plug-ins. Plug-ins are special integrations used in processes. For details on using plug-ins, see Component Processes and the Serena Deployment Automation Plug-ins Guide.

Depending on the Source Config Type you select, various tool-specific fields appear.

Select None if you don't want to put artifacts into Deployment Automation. You might decide to do this if you are using another product for the deployment activities, such as Dimensions CM, and using Deployment Automation only for further configuration and processing post-deployment. If you use None, you will not have visibility into artifacts' associated component versions within Deployment Automation application environments, and would need to rely on the other product for that information.

For information on the versions of these tools supported by the source configuration integration, see the Platform Matrix link for your version of Release Manager on the Serena Support product download page.

For information on each source configuration type's fields, see the following topics:

Note: You can also get information directly in the web application user interface by clicking the ? icons next to fields.