Extend Your Catalog of Artifacts and Breeze Through Your Next Audit With CA Application Lifecycle Conductor

ExtendYourCatalogofArtifactsandBreezeThroughYourNextAuditWithCAApplicationLifecycleConductor

VaughnMarshall

DevOps:APIManagementandApplicationDevelopment

CATechnologiesDirector,ProductManagementSessionNumber

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Abstract

LearnhowyoucankeepyourAppDevManagersfocusedondeliveringsoftwareby

leveragingCAApplicationLifecycle Conductortorecordandtrackcompliance-mandated

artifacts inthesoftwaredevelopment lifecycle. Inthissession,youwilllearnhowyou

canextendtheoutoftheboxartifactcatalogtoincludepreciseartifacttypes,specify

customfieldsandcontrolhowartifactscanbetracedtootherartifacttypes. Achieve

compliance throughtraceabilityforyourentireSDLCbyholisticallytrackingand

recordingrelevant,mandatoryactivities acrosstheenterprise.

VaughnMarshallCATechnologiesDirector,ProductManagement


Agenda

ITEMTYPEEDITING

ATTRIBUTETYPEEDITING

PUBLISHINGITEMTYPES

RELATIONSHIPTYPEEDITING

RULES

SCREENDEFINITIONEDITING

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HowtheArtifactCatalogueisDefinedinCAALC

§ Itemsareform-basedobjectsqueriedfor,displayedandmanipulatedinCAALC– Itemsrepresenttheartifactsofasoftwaredevelopmentlifecyclethat

aretrackedinCAALC– ArtifactscanbeanythingcomingfromanSDLC(e.g.requirements,test

results,sourcechanges,etc.)

§ Itemtypesrepresentthedifferenttypesofinternalartifactsthatcanbetracked


ItemTypes

§ ItemTypesareeditedintheApplicationperspectiveusingtheApplicationAdminBrowserandItemTypeDetailviews

§ AnItem’sTypedetermines:– Whatfields(akaattributes)ithas– WhatkindsofotherItemscanberelatedtoit(relationshiptypes)– WhathappensduringdifferentItemevents(e.g.rulesfiringduring

eventslike“Edit”,“BeforeSave”,“AfterSave”)– Howthefieldsarelaidout(screendefinitions)


ItemTypeDetailEditor

§ ThemainpageonthedetailrecordforanItemtypecontrolsit’sname,description,effective/expirydatelikeotherdefinitions

§ Thereisalsoafieldforan“Ancestor”Itemtype.– ChildrenofancestorItemtypesinherittheancestor’sfieldsandrules


ItemTypeDetailEditor

§ TherearealsocheckboxesthatindicatewhethertheItemtypecanhavecomments,relationships,approversand/orattachmentstrackedagainstit– Screendefinitionsoverrideanysettingshere

§ ThereisalsoabuttonshowinganItemtypeicon– TheimageshownhereistheimagedisplayedfortheItemintheclient

UI(e.g.inthetabfortheItemform,intherecordnavigator)§ Clickingthebuttonallowsyoutouploadanewimage§ Theimageshouldbe16x16andsupport transparency(e.g.PNG,GIF)


AttributeTypes

§ The“AttributeTypes”tabliststhefieldsappliedtoanItem

§ Eachattributetypehasthefollowingfields:– Name– thenamedisplayedforthefieldintheUI(e.g.thequery

builder– thismayactuallybedifferentfromthelabelshowninthescreendefinition)

– ValueType– theunderlyingtypeforthefield– canbe:§ Single/Multi-line string,Numeric,Boolean,Date,Time,Date/Time,Person,Group,Person/Group, CalculatedorItem


AttributeTypes

§ Eachattributetypehasthefollowingfields:– DefaultValue– Expression– settoarulethateithercalculatesthefieldoneachsave

(Calculatedfields)orprovidesadynamicvalidvaluelist(otherfieldtypes)

– MaxLength– between1and4000(Note:thisisthelengthinthedatabase,notnecessarilytheUI)

– KeepAuditTrail– “True”totrackthefieldintheaudittrailforthisItemtype


AttributeTypes

§ Eachattributetypehasthefollowingfields:– DiscreteValueList– optionallistusedtosuggest/constrainfieldvalues– MustMatchList– “True”toindicatethefieldMUSTbesettoavalue

onthediscretevaluelist– MultipleValues– “True”toindicatethefieldcanholdmultiplevalues

oftheunderlyingvaluetype– Required– “True”toindicatenullsarenotallowedforthefield(e.g.it

MUSTbepopulated)– Password– “True”toobscuretheinputintheUI


AttributeTypes

§ ValidationduringItemeventscanfurtherconstrainwhatisallowedinafieldbywho/when

§ AddinganattributetoanItemtypedoesnotmakeitvisiblerightaway– Tomakeitvisible,itmustbepartofascreendefinition– Screendefinitionscanbemadeperuser/groupsoit’spossibletomake

onlycertainfieldsvisibletocertainusers


RelationshipTypes

§ The“RelationshipTypes”tabliststhetypesofItemsthatcanberelatedtoItemsofthistypeandgivesnamedcategoriestotherelationships– The“ChildItemType”fieldrepresentsthetypeofItemthatcanbea

childinthatrelationship– The“Name”fieldisthenameappliedtotherelationshipcategoryas

viewedfromtheowner,the“InverseName”fieldisthenameappliedtotherelationshipasviewedfromthechild(e.g.whenviewingimpliedrelationships)


Rules

§ TheRulestabshowsandallowseditsofworkflowrulesthatcanfurthercontrolwhathappensduringvariousapplicationevents– E.g.BeforeSave,AfterCreate,OnEdit,etc.

§ RulesandtheireditingareoutofscopeforthissessionbutdetailscanbefoundintheAdministratorguide


ScreenDefinitions

§ The“ScreenDefinitions”tabforanItemtype,listsdefinitionsthatcontrolthelayoutoffields,tabsandspecialpagesforanItem

§ Eachscreendefinitionalsohasan– “AppliesTo”field– tocontrolwhichuserorgroupthescreenappliesto– “AsOfItemID”field– thisfieldcanbeusedtosupercede anolder

screendefinitionforItem’swithIDsgreaterthanthesetvalue§ ThisisusefulifyouaddafieldtoanItemtypeanddon’twantitdisplayedontheolderItems


ScreenDefinitions

§ TheactuallayoutforascreendefinitioniscontrolledviaXMLmarkup

§ Toeditthemarkupforadefinition,selectitinthegridandchooseFile>Open>SelectedScreenDefinitionsordoubleclickthegridentry

§ ThefullschemaforthemarkupisdocumentedintheAdministratorguide


ScreenDefinitions

§ Hint:Generateanewscreendefinitiontogetadefaultlayoutmadebasedoncurrentattributetypes– Youcaneitherkeepthisdefaultoruseittocut&pasteandrearrange

thefieldsasdesired

§ Ifnoscreendefinitionisdefined,oneisgeneratedatruntimeforthecustomattributetypes/fields


PublishingNewItemTypes

§ Tomakebrandnewitemtypesvisible,theymustbepublishedundertheApplicationobjectasan“ApplicationItemType”

§ YoucanuseCopy/PasteRecordtocopyareferencetotheItemTypeandpasteitintheApplication’sItemTypetable


Q&A

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