Overview
This is a landing page for the various API wiki pages that exist on Jazz.net as well as a central collective page of the known APIs that are available for integrating programmatically with our Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) products. It serves as a convenience for accessing API information about ELM products and is not guaranteed to have up-to-the-minute information. See the official API specifications for each ELM component for complete information.
Please see the
IBM Support Statement for ELM APIs. APIs are supported differently than ELM products.
IBM strongly advises that any scripts that customers develop using APIs be tested in a staging environment prior to use in a production environment. Scripts can have unintended performance or other consequences and thus should be highly scrutinized prior to deployment on production systems.
See
API Automation Best Practices
General OSLC and ELM API information
Note all ELM servers have some level of API documentation located at https://<server>:<port>/<application-context>/doc
Application-Context |
Links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
1 - Overview |
/jts/doc |
JTS Documentation Root |
Release specific |
CCM |
/ccm/doc/services |
CCM Services Documentation (override this link with our own servers root) |
Release specific |
DCC |
/dcc/doc/services |
DCC Services Documentation |
Release specific |
GC |
/gc/doc/services |
GC Services Documentation |
Release specific |
JTS |
/jts/doc/services |
JTS Services Documentation |
Release specific |
QM |
/qm/doc/services |
QM Services Documentation (override this link with our own servers root) |
Release specific |
RM |
/rm/doc/services |
RM Services Documentation |
Release specific |
The following table contains key concepts you should become familiar with when working with ELM and OSLC based applications' APIs.
Component |
Key links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
Cheat Sheet |
OSLC and REST API "cheat sheet" |
External Blog |
March 12, 2014 |
Eclipse |
Eclipse Lyo |
Eclipse Lyo is an improved Java framework with sample libraries and reference implementations for creating OSLC integrations |
June 22, 2023 |
Guide |
Guide for writing OSLC integrations |
OSLC application development guide |
|
OSLC |
OSLC GitHub repository |
GitRepo |
Ongoing |
OSLC |
IoT Connector |
IoT Connector is a working sample of an OSLC adapter for IBM Watson IoT Platform created using Lyo Designer. It's a working example and source code for integrating with ELM and includes common operations such as authenticating with ELM using OAuth. It works with non-configuration management-enabled CLM systems (aka "opt-out" DN and ETM). |
2021 |
Specification |
ELM Root Services Specification |
Key details document to understand API discovery process |
May 25, 2011 |
Workshop |
OSLC Workshop |
Covers CM and RM 2.0 specifications, Build basis 3.0-6.0 |
April 1, 2016 |
Jazz Foundation
Foundation APIs are available in ELM applications that support those Foundation services.
Global Configuration Management
GCM is a provider of global configurations as defined by the OSLC Configuration Management specification; EWM SCM, DOORS Next, ETM, and RMM are providers of local configurations. These applications implement the appropriate APIs from that specification.
Documentation for the Global Configuration Management REST API can be found at
https://[server]:[port]/gc/doc/scenarios. You must have the GC application installed to access this link.
Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next (DN)
This API is a collection of REST services that client applications use to create and update components, create new streams, create baselines, update a stream to match a baseline, and other operations. REST client applications can use the API to programmatically perform many of the operations that are usually done through the GCM web user interface.
Engineering Workflow Management (EWM / Formerly RTC)
Component |
Key links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
WorkItem (Resource Oriented) |
Documentation |
This API allows you to get, create, modify and query work items and other resources using standard HTTP methods, allowing integrations with minimal requirements for the clients. |
Feburary 2, 2021 |
Blog post |
[https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/using-the-ewm-rest-and-oslc-apis/]] |
Using EWM Rest and OSLC APIs |
September 29, 2021 |
Blog post |
What APIs are available for EWM and what can you extend? |
https://rsjazz.wordpress.com has a large number of articles available on EWM APIs and SDK usage |
March 14, 2013 |
Blog post |
RTC SDK changes for RTC 6.0.3 |
https://rsjazz.wordpress.com has a large number of articles available on EWM APIs and SDK usage |
November 7, 2016 |
Configuration |
Source control process recipes for Rational Team Concert – Source Control Operations with Preconditions |
An article on how to configure preconditions and operations in EWM's source control |
June 9, 2017 |
Java |
Programmatic Link Creation and new link type contribution |
Introductory artcle on creating new links in EWM with Sample source code (RTC 1.x/2.x) |
September 9, 2009 |
Java |
Programmatic WorkItem Creation |
Introductory article on creating new workitems in EWM with Sample source code (RTC 1.x/2.x) |
June 6, 2009 |
Java |
Programmatic Defect Creation |
Introductory article on creating a linked defect from a work item (RTC 3.x) |
December 23, 2011 |
Java |
Plain Java API’s Article |
Build basis RTC 4.0.1 |
January 30, 2013 |
Java SDK |
Plain Java APIs |
Article for RTC 4.0.1 |
January 20, 2013 |
OSLC |
Consuming EWM OSLC Change Management V2 Services |
Introductory article on using EWM via OSLC |
July 10, 2012 |
OSLC |
Consuming EWM’s OSLC Change Management V2 Services |
Build basis RTC 4.0 |
July 10, 2012 |
OSLC |
Automation OSLC Prototype |
Prototype of services automation API |
June 10, 2010 |
OSLC |
Work Items Service provider for OSLC 2.0 CM Specification |
Build basis RTC 3.0.1 |
May 24, 2018 |
OSLC - Enumerations |
API Changes for Enumerations |
6.0.1: OSLC |
January 5, 2017 |
Reportable API |
Documentation |
Build basis RTC 3.0.1 |
August 4, 2015 |
Reportable API |
Forum Question/Answer |
How to consume Reportable REST API programmatically using Java |
November 18, 2015 |
SDK |
Document |
7.0.3 Release |
October 26, 2023 |
SDK |
Extension Points and Operation ID’s |
Build basis RTC 3.0.1.2 |
September 9th, 2019 |
SDK |
Creating Custom Operation Advisors |
Build basis RTC 2.0.0.2 |
August 25, 2010 |
Workshop |
Extensions Workshop |
EWM Extentions Workshop material |
May 7, 2021 |
Rhapsody Model Manager
Component |
Key links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
Reportable API |
Documentation |
The Rhapsody Model Manager server provides REST APIs for accessing information about Architecture Management artifacts for reporting, traceability, and coverage metrics. |
January 11, 2024 |
Engineering Test Management (ETM / Formerly RQM)
Component |
Key links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
OSLC |
QM V2 API |
Supported OSLC QM V2 API as supported by ETM |
August 10, 2023 |
Reportable API |
Documentation |
The ETM Reportable Rest API provides full CRUD capabilities |
October 23, 2023 |
Rest API |
QM Scenarios |
This document will provide scenario based examples of common uses of the API. |
|
Test Automation Adapter |
Documentation |
Build basis 7.0 |
May 27, 2020 |
Reporting
Component |
Key links |
Additional Details |
Last Updated |
Article |
A look inside LQE and Report Builder |
Describes how Lifecycle Query Engine and Report Builder process metadata from application to support reporting in ELM |
February 2018 |
Article |
Integrating external data sources with LQE and Report Builder |
This article is intended for developers who want to contribute data from 3rd-party applications or external data sources to the LQE data source for reporting. It includes references and links to a companion article that describes how LQE and Report Builder process the metadata to support reporting. |
March 2022 |
Reportable API |
EWM Documetation |
EWM Reportable Rest API |
August 4, 2015 |
Reportable API |
ETM Documenation |
ETM Reportable Rest API |
October 3, 2023 |
Reportable API |
DN Documentation |
DN Reportable Rest API |
March 17, 2023 |
REST API |
Rest API |
Pub Document Builder REST API page |
February 19, 2024 |
Plain Java Client or Jazz APIs
The "official" Jazz API is available for download on the downloads page, in the Plain Zips section, under Plain Java Client Libraries and Plain Java Client Libraries API Documentation. The article
Rational Team Concert plain Java API's is an introduction into how they work. Customers wishing to write process extensions for their Jazz implementation should begin with the
RTC extensions workshop, the
Process enactment workshop, and the
OSLC workshop. This will help them better understand the various different options for extending and enhancing the Jazz solution, and will provide valuable insight into how to implement the needed customizations.
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