Enabling a QC Project for the Integration

Use the PPM-QC Integration Tool to enable a QC project for the integration as described in this section.

Note: To enable a QC project for integration, We strongly recommend that you enable a project only once, otherwise problems might occur in the integration. There is no reason to enable a project twice. You can use the integration tool to change the integration of a project at any time.

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs > > PPM-Quality Center Integration Tool.

    The main PPM-Quality Center Integration Tool window opens.

  2. Select File > PPM Settings.

    The PPM Settings window opens.

  3. In the Host field, type the URL of the PPM Server.

    Note: If the PPM Server is installed in a WAN, use the IP address for the PPM Server, for example http://192.60.28.01:8080, rather than its host name, for example http://ppmhost:8080.

  4. In the Administrator User Name and Administrator Password fields, type the PPM user name and password.

  5. Click Test Connection to test the connection with PPM.

  6. If a message appears stating that connection was successful, click OK to close the PPM Settings window, otherwise resolve the connection issue.

  7. In the main PPM-Quality Center Integration Tool window, select Action > Enable Project.

    The Enable Quality Center Project wizard opens.

  8. Click Next to continue.

  9. In the Host field, type the URL of the Quality Center server.

  10. Click Next to continue.

  11. In the User Name and Password fields, specify the user name and password of the Quality Center project administrator.

  12. Click Test Connection to test the connection with Quality Center.

  13. If a message appears stating that connection was successful, click OK on the message, then click Next. Otherwise resolve the connection issue.

  14. Select a Quality Center domain and project, and specify whether you want to map Quality Center defects, requirements, or both.

    If you are enabling defects but not requirements for integration, skip to step 17.

  15. If you are enabling requirements for integration, you can use the pop-up window to do the following:

    • Request notification by email when a PPM request creates a new Quality Center requirement.

    • Request notification by email when a PPM request updates a field in an existing Quality Center requirement.

      Note: To send any notifications, Quality Center must be configured to automatically send them, using email addresses established in Quality Center.

    • Synchronize the PPM request hierarchy with the Quality Center requirement hierarchy. For information about this synchronization, see Request Hierarchy Synchronization .

  16. Select the desired check boxes.

  17. The wizard displays user-defined fields related to the PPM request that the integration tool will enable in the Quality Center project, for defects, requirements, or both, as specified in step 14.

    Note: Prior to version 7.0, PPM was known as Mercury IT Governance Center or ITG. Field names in Quality Center 10.00 and in the integration tool in the context of Quality Center still use ITG when referring to PPM.

  18. The listed fields are added to the Quality Center project, and the Quality Center workflow script is updated to support integration with PPM.

    Note: If the Quality Center project already contains one or more fields with the same names, a dialog box asks you whether you want to change the names of the added fields. If you select Yes, the added fields will be given different names. If you select No, the procedure to enable the project for integration is aborted.

    Note: If the Quality Center project does not have a workflow script in its repository, a dialog box asks you whether you want to create a new one. If you select Yes, a new script with support for the integration is added to the Quality Center repository. If you select No, the script file is not created.

    If the project is not new and its script files have been previously customized, select No and manually merge the customized scripts with the scripts that the wizard adds automatically, which are located in the installation directory of the PPM-Quality Center Integration Tool.

  19. Click Finish to complete enabling the project for integration and close the wizard.