Has RTC's Links "Blocks" and "Depends On" Ever Been Truely Implented as They Imply?
As the terms imply, it would make sense that a WI that is "blocking" another WI must be closed before the "depends on" WI can be closed, but that does not seem to be the case. I searched the forum and there was one answer where a plugin was provided but that was back in 2012. Today I tried using "Blocks" and "Depends On" to implement that case where one WI blocks another from being closed till the WI itself is closed first. This is not the case. So was anything ever done to make this work like it implies? I am at CLM 6.0. Thanks!
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IBM told us these were 'advisory'. not enforcements.
I wrote an extension to provide enforcement. the source for this extension is here https://jazz.net/forum/questions/64268/operation-advisor-custom-precondition-for-work-items as the accepted answer. Comments Sam, thanks of the update. I followed the link and see that this worked for 5.2, should I assume it works for 6.0 and on, as well? And here is my next dumb question. What do I do with this? I can change the name from "xxxxx" to something more meaningful and then cut and paste the code, but there where do I install it? This is new to me and I have not messed with something like this before.
yeh, you have to take the source and build the binary extension.. I don't distribute that.
Yes, the link was informational only. As Sam mentions it is possible to create your own business logic in RTC. Typically you create one or more advisors (pre conditions) that prevent changes in the data that don't fit the business logic you want. Or you create follow up actions that automate your business logic.
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More than just stopping a work item from being closed if it was still blocked, I didn't want the work item to appear on plans until it no longer had any blocking work items.
I ended up creating a plugin for this (after I'd worked through Ralph's excellent workshop!) - and blogged about the experiences in creating that solution here: A Solution for Tracking and Monitoring Multi-Stream Processes Using Rational Team Concert.
Comments Do you provide the source for that? I could not find that in a quick scan.
It was implemented as part of a plugin for a customer so not able to just post all of the source unaltered.
But as I have time (and there is interest) I was intending on writing up additional posts on elements of the solution with code examples.
And please do add a link - I most certainly referenced your excellent blog from my posting as it provided a huge amount of help in getting me started. Thanks!
I did review your blog and found it quite interesting. Here my post pointing to your blog. https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/extending-rtc-to-allow-coordination-of-work-across-multiple-work-items/ I hope that it will provide you with some views.
Thanks Ralph!
When I get round to it I'll look to either publish further on this. Either just expand on some of the technical elements of the solution, or ideally re-implement it in a form that I could publish more fully.
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