IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) - Usage

To use the IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) plug-in, the plug-in must be loaded and an instance created before you can configure the plug-in integration. Configuration properties are defined using the product user interface or a JSON file.

Integration type

The EWM plug-in supports scheduled events integration. There is only one scheduled event which is described in the following table.

Name Description
SyncEWMIssuesEvent Queries the IBM EWM server for new or updated work items. If a work item already exists, it is updated.

Integration

There are two methods to integrate the plug-in:

For details see Using plug-ins in DevOps Velocity.

Using the user interface

  1. From the Plugins page, click Settings > Integrations > Plugins.
  2. Under the Action column for the plug-in,click Add Integration.
  3. On the Add Integration page enter values for the fields used to configure the integrationand define communication.
  4. Click Save.

Using a JSON file

The JSON file contains the information for creating a value stream and integrating with the IBM Engineering WorkFlow Management (EWM) server. The following table describes the information for the creating a DevOps Velocity value stream map.

  1. Download the value stream map. The value stream map is a JSON file used to define integrations.
  2. Edit the JSON file to include the plug-in configuration properties.
  3. Save and upload the JSON file. This replaces the current JSON file with the new content.
  4. View the new integration on the Integrations page.

Configuration properties

The following tables describe the properties used to configure the integration. Each table contains the field name when using the user interface and the property name when using a JSON file.

General Configuration Properties

Name Description Required Property Name
NA The version of the plug-in that you want to use. To view available versions, see the UrbanCode DockerHub. If a value is not specified, the latest version is used. No image
Integration Name An assigned name to the value stream. Yes name
Logging Level The level of Log4j messages to display in the log file. Valid values are: all, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, off, and trace. No loggingLevel
NA List of configuration properties used to connect and communicate with the IBM Engineering WorkFlow Management (EWM) server. Enclose the properties within braces. Yes properties
  The name of the tenant. Yes tenant_id
NA Unique identifier assigned to the plug-in. The value for the IBM Engineering WorkFlow Management (EWM) Server plug-in is ucv-ext-ewm/tags Yes type

IBM Engineering WorkFlow Management (EWM) Configuration Properties

Name Type Description Required Project Name  
Password String Thepassword used to authenticate with IBM EWM server. Yes password  
Projects Array A list of projects from which to import work items. Yes projects  
Server URL String The URL of the IBM EWM server. For example: https://server.com/ccm. Yes serverUrl  
Since String The number of months for which data is to be pulled. The default is 12 months. No since  
DevOps Velocity User Access Key String The user access key used to authenticate with the DevOps Velocity server. Yes ucvAccessKey  
User ID String The user name used to authenticate with the IBM EWM server. Yes userId  
Proxy Password Secure The password used to authenticate with the proxy server. No Yes proxyPassword
Proxy Server String The URL of the proxy server including the port number. No Yes proxyServer
Proxy User Name String The user name used to authenticate with the proxy server. No Yes proxyUsername

Example

The following example can be used as as template to include the Engineering Workflow Management plug-in integration into the JSON file. Copy and paste the template into the JSON file and make the appropriate changes.


"integrations": [
    {
        "type": "ucv-ext-ewm",
        "name": "*integration_name*",
        "logginglevel": "info",
        "tenant_id": "*tenant_id*",
        "properties": {
            "serverUrl":"*url_ewm_server*",
            "projects" : ["*project_name*"],
            "userId"   : "*user_id*",
            "password" : "*password*",
            "since"    : "60",
            "ucvAccessKey":"a-valid-user-access-key"
        }
    }
]

Demonstration

View a video demonstrating the use of the EWM plug-in.

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