Rational Asset Manager New and noteworthy in Rational Asset Manager V7.5.1
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Introducing Rational Asset Manager Transform unmanaged outputs into managed assets Catalog Govern Share Quickly find what you need Only the valuable asset survive Publish and consume with ease Integrate Collaborate Optimize High availability clustering plus Jazz integration and workflows "Within a week, RAM was installed and populated with thousands of assets and soon gained quick acceptance - IT Architect at a major European bank 05/10/11 RAM has enabled our strategic reuse program and to systematically provide feedback on the quality and usefulness of these assets - Corporate CTO of a major System Integrator "In the past, our personnel were forced to use a multitude of interfaces. With Rational Asset Manager, they now have a single point of entry. As a result, they have faster access to information." - Enterprise Architect at a large Petrochemical company
Catalog, Govern and Share outputs from diverse sources RTC RQM Enable strategic reuse of designs, business cases, code, components, tests and more RAM RRC DB scripts Application Arch. Implementation Service Specification Design Reference Arch Bus Case Open Source Jar Improve the efficiency and quality of formal hand offs: Business with Development Development with Development Development with Operations Deployment Infrastructure Provisioning Scripts Configuration Automation Plan Discover information about enterprise assets, how they relate, who owns them and where to get them Operations 4
RAM integrates with dozens of products to enable an Enterprise library of ALM outputs Rational Rational Team Concert Rational Quality Manager Rational Requirements Composer Rational Insight Rational Build Forge Rational Automation Framework Rational DOORS Web Access Rational Software Architect Rational ClearQuest Rational ClearCase Rational System Architect Rational Method Composer Open Source Eclipse Ant CVS OSGi RAM WebSphere WebSphere Service Registry & Repository (WSRR) Tivoli Tivoli CCMDB / TADDM Lotus IBM Connections System Integration Java API REST Reporting OSLC / REST API IBM Smart Business Development & Test Cloud Cloud
OSLC integration options as of RAM 7.5.1 RAM 7.5.1 provides Asset OSLC v1 Updated to include Delegated UI for search and create RAM 7.5.1 consumes the following OSLC, and tested with the listed products: 6 Last Updated: 12 August 2011 6
Summary of Rational Asset Manager V7.5.1 enhancements Improved usability: Allow customization of the asset details layout Easier to manage large numbers of user licenses Localization supported for asset names and descriptions, making assets more consumable by geographically dispersed users Deliver consistent filter options for lists of assets, types, schemas, attributes, and relationships Allow users can manage their subscriptions and notifications with more control on their profile Easier management for asset lifecycles: New reporting information for asset life-cycle details Instructions and guidance that are now configurable for each state in a lifecycle, making it easier for reviewers to understand what is needed Master lifecycles allow administrators to propagate changes throughout the entire system, while still allowing customization at the community and asset level 05/10/11 Increased performance: Users can now use an applet to improve the speed and reliability of their uploads and downloads The underlying architecture of the storage and management of asset relationships is improved, increasing the speed of activities when making changes to asset relationships New and updated integrations: RAM can now function as an OSGi bundle repository, enabling users to manage their OSGi bundles along with other related assets Asset attributes and categories are available for reporting in the integration with Rational Insight A new policy is provided to create a Service Request in IBM Tivoli CCMDB when an asset enters a specific state An add-in for Microsoft Office enables business users to update Microsoft Office artifacts more easily IBM Connections user can now publish files using the updated iwidget The Java API can now be used to create policies WebSphere Application Server is now bundled with the product, replacing the previously bundled embedded WebSphere Application Server (ewas) for new installs
Master lifecycles To improve the ability of repository and community-level administrators to apply bulk control over the lifecycle processes in their systems, administrators can use repositorylevel lifecycles In addition, every lifecycle automatically inherits the properties that are set on its master lifecycle.
Guidance in a lifecycle - instructions During the review process, asset administrators and reviewers can use two tabs to review an asset On the Instructions tab, lifecycle administrators can add instructions about each state of the lifecycle. These instructions provide reviewers with guidance about how to complete their reviews. Instructions can be added in repository-, community-, and asset-level lifecycles by using a rich text editor
Guidance in a lifecycle state summary The State Summary tab provides a detailed list of reviewers, policies, and available actions for the asset. The name of the lifecycle of the asset is also displayed. This tab provides a set of incomplete tasks for the current lifecycle state. You can view a list of conditions that have not been met for available actions.
Private views A lifecycle manager or administrator can specify whether states in a lifecycle have a private review When a private review is enabled for a state, only reviewers can see comments, votes, and policy results that are in that state
Deleted lifecycles When a lifecycle is deleted, you can transfer assets in that lifecycle into a new lifecycle that uses the same workflow
Improved lifecycle ordering You can move a lifecycle to the top of the community lifecycle list with one click
Smarter lifecycle configuration When you define a lifecycle, the editor displays messages to alert you to possible configuration errors
Asset permission requests Administrators can delegate asset permission requests to a particular user or lifecycle managers at the asset level When a user requests permission for an asset, a task is created with a new Delegate action Administrators can delegate requests to either users who have the Grant Access permission or to the lifecycle managers of that asset
Permissions summary You can view permissions that are specific to a user or user group by using the Filter permissions for option in the upper-right corner of the Permissions Summary section When the view permissions are filtered, only the entries that are applicable are displayed
Filter and sort tables In the repository administration section, you can filter and sort the communities, lifecycles, asset types, category schemas, attributes, and relationships tables to quickly find items
Customized attribute display Administrators can update asset types to group asset attributes Attributes and attribute groups can be placed in one of two columns or be hidden
Creating and updating related assets Related assets are organized into a tree by relationship type and constraint
Relationship constraints in the RAM client for Eclipse You can view relationship constraints for an asset on its Related Assets page You can toggle to show or hide the constraints, and drag assets between relationship nodes
Browse Assets Using URLs (RAM client for Eclipse) In the Eclipse client, you can browse remote assets by specifying the URL of an asset in the Browse Asset wizard or by using the asset quick search You can also use the Browse Asset wizard to browse assets by specifying the repository, ID, and version of an asset
Disconnect repository connections by logging out (RAM client for Eclipse) You can log out of repository connections to disconnect workspace assets from the server You can edit disconnected assets in offline mode. After you log on again, you can send workspace changes to the server In your repository connection properties, you can specify whether the repository connection is automatically logged in or out when the workspace starts
Private review (RAM client for Eclipse) States in a lifecycle can have a private review. When a private review is enabled for a state, only the reviewers can see comments, votes, and policy results in that state
Comment on assets via the forums page (RAM client for Eclipse) You can discuss an asset can be done by using the forums page without creating a forum or topic A default forum named Comments exists for every asset. No topics are necessary to post comments to this forum
Category schema editor The new editor for creating and modifying category schemas does not reload the page each time that a node is added or deleted Administrators can reorder nodes by dragging them or using the Sort icon
Group search results by asset version To group different versions of the same asset in search results, toggle the display The latest version of the asset that matches the query is always displayed first
Real-time search results Search in real time from the web or an API Results are always in sync with the database, even across a cluster of servers
Category schema hover menus On the General Details or Submit pages, you can view a description of a categorization by hovering your cursor over the categorization
Relationship filters To quickly access assets, you can filter assets in the Related Assets section of the General Details page
Translation support for assets You can localize asset names and descriptions
Download manager Download manager is a Java applet with which you can download files faster than you can with standard HTTP downloads If a download is interrupted or you lose connection, you can fully resume the download
Upload applet The "Asset submit" page has an upload applet If an upload is interrupted or you lose connection, you can fully resume the upload
Notifications - SMS You can select which activities to be notified about for assets that you are subscribed to or have a role in Specify these settings on the User Preferences page You can receive SMS notifications by providing a mobile phone number and selecting your phone carrier
Notifications My Feed You can view recent asset activity in the My Feed section of the dashboard To view details about recent asset events, see the My Feed page
Notifications - personalization In the notifications section of the User Preferences page, for each of your roles, you can configure the events to be notified about Select the events that interest you and the notification method
Subscriber notification You can view and send emails to users who are subscribed to an asset
IBM Connections In the last release, the Asset iwidget was introduced, which can display assets from Rational Asset Manager In this release, you can publish files that are in an IBM Connections community as assets in Rational Asset Manager
Add-in for Microsoft Office With the Rational Asset Manager Add-in for Microsoft Office, you can modify a document that you downloaded from the repository You can change the name of the artifact when you upload it. You might need to change an artifact name to add a date or version to the name
Delegated asset selection and creation UI for OSLC When you add a related asset on the Submit page, you can see the delegated asset search This search feature displays the available and applied filters You can access the delegated asset search at http://host:port/ram/secure/delegated/assetselection.faces
Rational Insight You can use jobs to synchronize classifications and attributes to the data warehouse You can create reports that are based on the classifications and attributes of an asset and can create report filters that are based on classifications and attributes
OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative) In the version 7 and 8 feature packs of IBM WebSphere Application Server, componentization is based on the OSGi framework that allows the deployment and management of web applications as a set of versioned OSGi bundles WebSphere Application Server can use Rational Asset Manager to search for and provision approved bundles
Java API for policies You can create policies by using Java APIs To get RAMSession and the current RAMAsset, use the following APIs:
Service request policy to deploy assets to CCMDB You can use the Service Request policy to create a service or process request to deploy an asset on an IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) server This policy creates a link to the service or process request on the asset You can also link from the service or process request in CCMDB back to Rational Asset Manager
SOA service validation policy You can use the Service Validation Policy to validate WSDL, XSD, and XML documents The policy checks whether the documents are valid, the dependencies are resolved, and the WSDI is compliant with WS-I
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