IBM® Rational® Connector for SAP
Solution Manager integrates key Rational products
with SAP Solution Manager.
With the Rational Connector, you can share data between
the Rational tools and
SAP Solution Manager. You can export SAP Solution Manager blueprints
to create IBM Rational Quality Manager test
plans and test cases. You can also link IBM Rational RequisitePro® requirements
or stand-alone Rational Quality Manager requirements.
Later, test results can be imported into Solution Manager from Rational Quality Manager for reporting
and analysis. Also, with Rational Connector
for SAP Solution Manager, you can create links between IBM Rational ClearQuest® defects
and SAP Service Desk incidents.
The initial configuration to
allow use of the Rational Connector
is an administrative function. Projects and servers must be linked
within the Rational Connector
and blueprints must be pushed from SAP so that Rational tools can be used. After the initial
configuration, SAP and Rational work
together to add requirements, share test results, address defects,
and track project history.
Important: You might
find that some SAP Solution Manager linkages are ignored. SAP Solution
Manager has a concept of a parent to child roll-up. For example,
a document can be added as a business requirement to the Transfer
to IBM Rational tab on a low-level node such as a business
process step. This same document can also be added at any parent,
for example, the parent business process node. When the node is added
twice it shows that in the blueprint sent to the Rational Connector twice, but the Rational Connector processes
it only once.