Using the Rational Connector to integrate SAP Solution Manager and Rational ALM

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.

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