Chapter 4 • Working with Quality Center Synchronizer

For more information on the fields displayed in the General tab, see “The Link Fields” on page 86.

To view requirement type mappings for a requirements link, expand the link. For more information on mappings between requirement types, see “Creating Requirement Type Mappings” on page 59.

2To refresh the information displayed in the General tab, click the Refresh Selected button or click the down arrow and select Refresh Selected. This can be useful as changes to link status that occur due to events in the Synchronizer server, such as an integration check passing successfully, are not automatically updated in the Synchronizer client.

3You can view history details of the task runs for the link. For more information, see “Viewing Task Run History” on page 93.

The Link Fields

The following details are displayed in the Links Grid and the General tab:

Field

Description

 

 

AutoMode

Indicates whether the synchronization link is in

 

automatic mode:

 

If the field has value True, the link is in automatic

 

mode and will run automatically at time intervals you

 

specified in the Scheduling tab.

 

If the field has value False, the link will run only if you

 

manually instruct it to do so. For more information on

 

running links, see “Running Link Tasks” on page 89.

 

 

Endpoint 1

The type of endpoint for Endpoint 1 and the type of

 

entity being synchronized in the endpoint. Possible

 

values are QC:Requirement and QC:Defect.

 

 

Endpoint 1

Settings for the connection to Endpoint 1. Includes the

Connectivity Data

Quality Center server, domain, and project with which

 

the Synchronizer is synchronizing.

 

 

Endpoint 1 Entity

The type of entity being synchronized in Endpoint 1.

Name

Possible values are Requirement and Defect.

 

 

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