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Auto selection of second category based upon first selection


iRAM Administrator (3152156135) | asked Apr 16 '12, 7:12 a.m.
Is there any way (using policies or some other way) such that when a user selects once category, a second category is automatically selected.

The use case for this is that we want two category schemas:

IBM products
...
WebSphere Application Server

Capabilities
....
Infrastructure

We want a feature such that when a user selected a product (in the example above, WebSphere Application Server), the corresponding capability in the IBM Blueprint was automatically also selected.

Please let us know if there is any way to accomplish this in v7.5.0.2 or v7.5.1.1? If not, is it planned for any future releases.

Also if there is not any default way to do this, is it possible to write a custom policy for the same?

Thanks in advance......Payal.

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Sheehan Anderson (1.2k4) | answered Apr 17 '12, 11:18 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
1. Create a new lifecycle
2. Select General Settings
3. Click 'Add condition...'
4. Select 'Categorization' and choose the 'WebSphere Application Server' category

The asset will now only enter this lifecycle when that category is selected.

5. Choose the first state
6. Add the 'Categorize Asset Policy' and ensure the 'Entrance to state' and 'Asset save' are checked
7. Configure the policy to categorize the asset with the appropriate capability

This configuration should automatically add a second category based on the first category.

It is possible to also write a custom policy to accomplish this. One benefit to a custom policy is that is would not require you to create multiple lifecycles to solve your problem.

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