Select the protocol for the connection (HTTPS or HTTP) (Default: HTTPS)
Micro Focus (HP) QC / ALM
Technical Requirements
The following requirements must be met to integrate Micro Focus ALM with SD Elements.
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Micro Focus Quality Center / ALM version 11.50 or 12.x (formerly HP Quality Center / ALM)
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SD Elements should have network connectivity to the Micro Focus ALM server
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SD Elements authenticates to Micro Focus ALM using a normal Micro Focus ALM user. Therefore, a Micro Focus ALM service user account is needed. The service account must have permission to create issues, and update issue status, in each connected project.
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Access to the following modules:
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Requirements Module
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Test Plan Module
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Test Lab Module
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Default-assigned Fields
The following fields are set by default:
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Description
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Priority
Behaviour
The integration supports the following:
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Two-way status synchronization
Connection details
Enter the connection details for the server.
Protocol |
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Server |
The domain name or IP address of the server (Example: |
Context Root |
Top-level location where Micro Focus ALM is installed on a server. The value for this may be dependent on the configuration of an internal corporate proxy or where an administrator has installed Micro Focus ALM. |
Credentials
Enter the credentials needed to authenticate to the server.
Username |
Username authorized to connect with the server |
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Password |
The password used to authenticate to the server |
Tasks to Synchronize
Select tasks to synchronize.
Sync all tasks |
Synchronize all tasks from SD Elements. |
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Sync Risk Policy tasks |
Synchronize only tasks that fall under the risk policy. |
Project details
Enter the project-level details.
Micro Focus ALM Project |
The name of the project where issues should be created. |
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Advanced Micro Focus ALM configuration
Issue Type |
(Default: Functional) |
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States which map to DONE in SD Elements: |
Comma-separated list of states in Micro Focus ALM that will be mapped to DONE in SD Elements. (Default: |
Open a story in Micro Focus ALM with the following status |
Status to assign to new issues in Micro Focus ALM (Default: |
Reopen a work item in Micro Focus ALM with the following status |
Status to use to open a closed issue in Micro Focus ALM (Default: |
Close a work item in Micro Focus ALM with the following status |
Status to use when closing issues in Micro Focus ALM (Default: |
Domain |
The Micro Focus ALM Domain associated with the project |
Test plan folder to import test tasks |
Folder to receive test tasks (Default: |
Default type for test plans |
The type given to new test plans (Default: |
Synchronization
Enter settings for synchronizing SD Elements tasks.
Authoritative Source |
Select the tool that will be the authoritative system of record: Micro Focus ALM or SD Elements. This field is used in case of conflicting statuses between the Micro Focus ALM issue and the SD Elements task. When you first synchronize a TODO task in SD Elements with an issue in Micro Focus ALM, they will have the same status. If you then change the status in one tool, for example by closing the issue in Micro Focus ALM, they will have conflicting statuses. This conflict is resolved when the projects are synchronized. There are two options:
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Include code sample How-To’s in task descriptions |
Whether or not to include detailed code samples and How-Tos in the Micro Focus ALM issue. |
This Issue Tracker server is hosted within a private network and cannot be reached directly by SD Elements. |
Select this option if SD Elements does not have direct network access to the Micro Focus ALM server. For example, if you are using a hosted SD Elements instance but you want to integrate with an internal/protected Micro Focus ALM system, choose this option and run the Remote Integration Agent to perform integration. |
Tasks to synchronize
Select which SD Elements tasks to synchronize.
Tasks having a minimum priority |
Synchronize tasks with a minimum priority (for example, 7 or above). This is useful if you want to limit the amount of work for users. (Default: 1) |
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Tasks with status meaning |
Synchronize only tasks with certain statuses, such as TODO or DONE. (Default: TODO) |
Limit to tasks having these phases |
Synchronize only tasks in certain phases, such as Requirements or Development. (Default: none selected, meaning tasks from all phases will be synchronized) |
Tasks having all of the following tags (optional) |
Synchronize only tasks containing certain SD Elements task tags. |
Tasks with verification status |
Synchronize only tasks with a specific verification status, such as Pass or Fail. (Default: none selected, meaning tasks with any verification status will be synchronized) |
Advanced Issue Tracker options
Enter advanced configuration options.
Issue Tracker context |
Bind a set of tasks using a certain value. This is only applicable when custom titles are selected with the entry "Context" |
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Custom Fields Mapping |
In addition to the default-assigned fields, you can map additional SD Elements fields to Micro Focus ALM fields.
For example, you may have a required field in your Micro Focus ALM project that is not set by default. Custom field mappings can be set at both the system connection and project connection levels, and that mappings set in a project connection will override mappings set in the system connection. For more details refer to section Advanced field support. |
Sync frequency
Select how frequently the SD Elements and Micro Focus ALM projects are synchronized. You can choose from the following options. The more frequently you run synchronization, the greater the performance impact on both the SD Elements and Micro Focus ALM servers. This is generally only a concern for large organizations running many synchronizations at once.
Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly |
The projects will synchronize automatically every hour, day, week or month. Daily synchronization is typically sufficient. However, you may want to select a more frequent interval if development moves quickly in your organization. |
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Manually |
You must click the Sync button on the Issue Tracker Integrations page in order to synchronize the projects. This is the default value. |