Testing with Rational® Team Concert™

You can manage test assets with Jazz™ source control management by integrating the test workbench with IBM® Rational® Team Concert™ (formerly known as Rational Team Concert) eclipse client.

Introduction

You can use Rational® Team Concert™ eclipse client to connect to compatible Jazz™ servers, including Rational® Team Concert™ servers. You must have a compatible version of Rational® Team Concert™ server setup to use Jazz™ source control management. For information about compatible versions, see System Requirements.

Use this feature to do the following tasks:

  • Access Rational® Team Concert™ eclipse client.
  • Manage the test assets by using Jazz™ source control management.

If you have installed the Rational® Team Concert™ eclipse client, see the Getting Started section of the Rational® Team Concert™ help to learn more about using Rational® Team Concert™.

To access work items, you can switch to the Work Items perspective by clicking Window > Open Perspective > Work Items.

Installing Rational® Team Concert™ client

You must have a Jazz.net account to download and install Rational® Team Concert™ or Rational Team Concert. You can register for a Jazz.net account at https://jazz.net/pub/user/register.jsp and then, download Rational® Team Concert™ or Rational Team Concert eclipse client (extension install) from the Jazz site.
Notes:

  • From V7.0 or later, Rational Team Concert is renamed to Rational® Team Concert™.

  • Rational® Performance TesterRational® Functional Tester V10.1.1 are compatible with Rational Team Concert V6.0.3 to 6.06 and Rational® Team Concert™ V7.0.1.

Tips:

  • You must install Rational® Team Concert™ or Rational Team Concert by using IBM® Installation Manager in the same package group as the test workbench.

  • Both the Rational® Team Concert™ or or Rational Team Concert client and the test workbench must use the same workspace.

To find the appropriate Rational® Team Concert™ or Rational Team Concert IM extension installer, perform the following steps:

  1. Access the Rational® Team Concert™ Download page from https://jazz.net/downloads/workflow-management or Rational Team Concert Download page from https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert.

  2. Click on the required version that you want to download.

  3. Select the All Downloads tab to view other download options, including an extension or offline (local) installers, and then search for extension install.

    Note: Rational Team Concert V6.0.3, V6.0.4, and V6.0.5 are listed as Client for Eclipse 4.2.x IDE (Extension Install) instead of Client for Eclipse 4.x IDE (Extension Install) in the Jazz site. However, it is listed as Client for Eclipse 4.x IDE for all the versions of Rational Team Concert in the Installation Manager wizard.