Configuration of Jama Connect for an export of EA elements
Steps for manually configuring a Jama Connect Project for export
If you want to manually configure a project without having a template, follow the steps described below:
- Create a new project (can be based on any template or can be an empty one).
- Navigate to the project administration
ADMIN
. - Navigate to the
Item types
section and select any of the types you want to use for export: - Add a new custom text field called
ea_guid
. This field is mandatory in order to support synchronization of EA elements in Jama Connect. - Repeat the same step for a custom field called
my_uml_type
. This field is mandatory in order to support mapping multiple EA Element Types to a single Jama Connect item type. - Repeat this steps for all custom item types that you want to use in the Mapping Configuration
- Navigate to
Relations
and create rule sets for any relationships that you want to export from EA into Jama Connect: - If not existing, add a new rule set with all your needed relations:
- Upstream = parent
- Downstream = has parent
- Relationship Type = chose your relationship available in Jama Connect
- For Coverage = not relevant
- If a rule set is already exists you need to add your project in order to use them: