Dimensions

Serena Dimensions CM is a software configuration management tool. To use Dimensions CM as an artifact source, select Dimensions from the Source Config Type drop-down list box then configure the type-specific fields described here. For information about creating components, see Creating Components.

Tip: Deployment Automation always takes the latest baseline during automatic import. Therefore, if there are three baselines A, B, and C, with C being the latest, only C would be imported. If you add baseline D, we will import D, but A and B will not be imported unless you manually import them.

Note: The Dimensions CM Source Config Type integration is not the same as the Dimensions CM plugin. Plugins are special integrations used in processes. For details on using the Dimensions CM plugin, see the Serena Deployment Automation Integration Guide.

Serena Dimensions Fields table

Field	Description
Username	Dimensions CM user name. For information about user impersonation, see User Impersonation.
Password	Password associated with the Dimensions CM user name
DB Name	Name of the Dimensions CM database
DB Conn	Name of the Dimensions CM connection to be used. A connection/session is required in order to send or receive commands to/from the database.
Server	Server managing the Dimensions CM database
Product Spec	Location of the Dimension CM managed artifacts
Includes	Specify the patterns to match files to include in the upload. You can match exact file paths and file names, or you can specify wildcards. You can specify exact file path and file name combinations with one entry per line. For example, `Maestro/RLM.jobs` `Maestro/RLM.sched` You can specify wildcards to match directories and files where the wildcard `*` indicates every directory and the wildcard `` indicates every file. For example, the pattern `dist/*/`would retrieve the entire file tree under the `dist` directory.
Excludes	Specify the patterns to match files to exclude from the upload. You can match exact file paths and file names, or you can specify wildcards. See the examples in the previous table entry.