Enabling link validity in AM, QM, and RM project areas

For each Architecture Management (AM), Quality Management (QM), and Requirements Management (RM) project area that is enabled for configurations, you can choose to show or hide the link validity status of links and the validity summary of artifacts. Show this information to help determine which artifacts and relationships you need to examine and update when changes are made. Hide this information to reduce the clutter on the page when you know that your team does not need it. In a distributed environment, additional setup is required.

1. Distributed environments only: For each product node, complete the following steps. For a topology overview, see the related Deployment wiki article.
   1. Log in to the Jazz® Team Server Home page as a user with administrative privileges: https://server_name:port/jts/admin
   2. Below the banner, click Server, and then click Advanced Properties.
   3. Search for the Shared Validity provider URL property and assign it this value: https://parent_node_server:port/jts/validity

      Assign this value only for product nodes: do not assign it for the parent node in the topology.

   4. Click Save.
   In a distributed topology, complete steps 1.a to 1.d for each product line server.
2. Complete the steps for the application you are enabling. In a distributed environment, for each product node, complete this step for each application that supports link validity.

   Application	Steps
   Architecture Management (AM)	From the Administration menu , select Manage This Project Area. Click Architecture Management. To show or hide link validity status, select or clear the Show link validity check box. Click Save.
   Quality Management (QM)	From the Administration menu , select Manage Project Properties. In the Properties section, click Link Validity. To show or hide link validity status, select or clear the Show link validity check box. Click Save. (Optional) When a test case is approved, mark all links as Valid: When you select this option, the system automatically marks each link to corresponding requirements as Valid after a team member approves a test case. This option saves team members time when they work with large numbers of test cases because they do not need to manually validate each test case-to-requirement link. Configure the functional user for each RM project area that the QM project area links to: On the Administration menu , click Manage Application > Friends (Outbound). Copy the consumer keys for the RM (/rm) entries in the Jazz Team Server Friends table. Go to the Jazz Team Server administration page at https://host-name:9443/jts/admin; then, click Manage Server > Consumers (Inbound). In the Authorized Keys section, for each consumer key that you copied, click the Edit Consumer icon , and in the Functional User ID field, assign the functional user for that application (such as rm_user or dm_user); then, click Finish. Grant permission for team members to set link validity. For details, see Modifying role-based permissions.
   Requirements Management (RM)	You must enable link validity for each component in a project area whose links team members show and set validity status for. From the Administration menu , select Manage Component Properties. To show or hide link validity status, on the Link Validity tab, select or clear the Show link validity check box. Click Save. Grant permission for team members to set link validity. For details, see Modifying role-based permissions.