CLM 6.0.2 M2 Jazz Reporting Service and DOORS 9

I'm really excited about incoming release of CLM 6.0.2. and this post tells you why;

If you didn't look at it yet you might see following announcement from CLM 6.0.2 M2 Jazz Reporting Service New & Noteworthy:

"Getting report data from Rational DOORS (in technical preview)

DCC can now pull data from Rational DOORS by using the new resource group type named Rational DOORS. In Report Builder you can see DOORS requirements by using a the DOORS Database project area. This new functionality is currently in technical preview because it needs further refinement and validation. "

CLM 6.0.2 M2 announcement

Please mind it is a Technical Preview so it is not yet supported and should not be taken into account when making any financial decisions.

Data Collection Component Configuration

Once you installed and configured CLM 6.0.2 M2 navigate to https://yourserver:9443/dcc/web and select Resource Group Configuration.

There is a new DOORS resource group in M2:

Data Collection Configuration

Once you hit Add button you can provide your DOORS Web Access link, username and password:

DOORS Resource Group in DCC

URL (PublicUriRoot) should be a of the form: https://yourDWAserver:8443/dwa-rrtranslator/  (assuming your DWA port is 8443). 

Verify your connection before saving. If there will be a NullPointerException shown during test, make sure you provide Version field ;)

Run all the DCC jobs and you should be ready to start generating reports with DOORS data!

Just make sure your IBM DOORS has configured Working Sets.

Jazz Report Builder

The Report Builder is accessible from CLM menu.

CLM Menu -> Reports

When you open it you will see layout similar to Bluemix.

Blumix like layout of Report Builder

Go to Data Sources and select "Rational Data Warehouse"

Data Sources configuration in JRS

Refresh Data Source, so the new metadata is loaded

Data source configuration

And now you can simply start generating reports!

Limit Data scope to DOORS

Save and run

Really quick report

Conclusions

With CLM 6.0.2 M2 generating reports from DOORS 9 data is extremely easy!

You do not need to configure hundreds of options, and it works out of the box...

Note:

If you need proper documentation have a look at Collecting data with the Data Collection Component in IBM Knowledge Center.

2016 and beyond

It was a long time since I last posted something interesting.
But do not worry! The cool stuff with DOORS 9 is still coming. First proper post for 2016 is almost ready.

In reviewing where I want to go with this blog I spoke to my manager. 

As IBM continues its transition into Cognitive Analytics and IoT I will be challenged to move with it. Although my intention is still to share and discuss interesting and useful walk-troughs of IoT integrated with DOORS 9, I will attempt to post updates on my learning into Watson and any other interesting area.

 

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