Integration attribute aliases for projects

When Rational® Focal Point™ and a Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) system are integrated, you can handle the same project information from a portfolio and a project perspective. As part of the integration setup, you must specify the integration attribute aliases from Rational Focal Point that are recognized by both products.

Attributes for exporting project

The attribute names can differ in the products. However, to share and update the content of the integration attributes, all integration attributes must use the specified aliases.
Table 1. Attributes in Rational Focal Point that are transferred to CLM when exporting a project
Module Attribute Attribute type Alias Name in CLM (Formal Project Management Template) Comments
Projects Title Text - Project area name The name of the project in Rational Focal Point will be the name of the project area in CLM.
Projects Target Start Date Date ProposedStart Start Date The start date is the iteration start date. In CLM, the date is visible in Project-Administration > Time-line editor.
Projects Target End Date Date ProposedFinish Finish Date The finish date is the iteration finish date. In CLM, the date is visible in Project-Administration > Time-line editor.
Projects Business Needs Incoming Links Tasks Plan Item, Task, Defect, and so on. A work item type, such as Plan item, Story, or Defect. Defined by the process template in CLM.
Projects Link to Project in CLM URL ProjectMgmtURI - A navigation web link to the project in the plan view in CLM
Projects Implementation Project URI URL ProjectMgmtSyncURI - A hidden mandatory link that is used for integration
Business Needs Title Text - Work item Summary The name of each business need in Rational Focal Point will be the summary for the work item.
Business Needs Description Text - Work item Description The description of each business need in Rational Focal Point will be the description for the work item.
When you export a project, links to the project in CLM are created:

Attributes for updating projects

Table 2. Attributes in Rational Focal Point that are updated with data from the CLM system when updating a project
Module Attribute Attribute type Alias Name in CLM (Formal Project Management Template) Comments
Projects Total Planned Effort Integer PlannedEffort Planned Effort The planned effort in CLM is shown as a progress bar in the iteration plan view in the Eclipse client. In the web client, the planned effort is in the iteration plan list view.
Projects Total Actual Effort Integer ActualWork Actual Effort The actual effort in CLM is shown as a progress bar in the iteration plan view in the Eclipse client. In the web client, the actual effort is in the iteration plan list view.
Projects Planned Start Date Date PlannedStart Planned Start The planned start date is in the iteration plan list view in CLM.
Projects Planned End Date Date PlannedFinish Planned Finish The planned end date is in the iteration plan lists view in CLM.
Projects Last Snapshot Date Date SnapshotDate Snapshot creation date Before an update can be done in Rational Focal Point, you must take a snapshot in CLM. The date of the snapshot is shown in Rational Focal Point after the update.
Projects Completeness (%) Integer PercentComplete Percent Complete The progress of all the business needs are rolled up and displayed as the project completeness in the CLM system. For example, 34% or 78%.
Business Needs Planned Effort Integer PlannedEffort Estimate / Correction The estimate in CLM is shown as the planned effort in Rational Focal Point. If a correction is entered, the estimate is overridden.
Business Needs Actual Effort Integer ActualWork Time Spent The time spent in CLM is shown as the actual effort in Rational Focal Point.
Business Needs Planned Start Date Date PlannedStart Planned Start The planned start date contains information from the work item timeline in the Gantt view (plan details) in CLM.
Business Needs Actual Start Date Date ActualStart Actual Start The actual start date contains information from the work item timeline in the Gantt view (plan details) in CLM.
Business Needs Planned End Date Date PlannedFinish Planned Finish The planned end date is populated with information from the work item timeline in the Gantt view (plan details) in CLM.
Business Needs Actual End Date Date ActualFinish Actual Finish The actual end date is populated with information from the work item timeline in the Gantt view (plan details) in CLM.
Business Needs Last Snapshot Date Date SnapshotDate Snapshot creation date The last snapshot date for a business need will be the same date as for the project that it is related to.
Business Needs Completeness (%) Integer PercentComplete Percent Complete The progress of all the children work items are rolled up and is displayed as percentage completeness in the CLM system. For example, 34% or 78%.
Business Needs Work Items CALM Link WorkItem - The work items attribute in Rational Focal Point links to the work item in CLM.

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