Configuring OSLC Remote Applications

This configuration section is aimed for OSLC Remote Applications administrators; contains procedures for completing the configuration of OSLC Connect for Windchill in OSLC Remote Application side. It supposes the reader is familiar configuring friends and consumers; if this is not the case, please refer to related tasks before you continue.

Most configurations ahead require a collaborative work with the Windchill Server administrator who will ask you to ^[1]:

1. Configure a consumer/friend for Windchill in each OSLC Remote Application they require.

If they require Global Configurations:

2. Make sure ELM Global Configuration Management and Windchill applications become friends each other.
3. Configure GCM with Windchill local configurations.
4. Verify whether ELM Link Index Provider (LDX) application is installed ^{[2], [3]}.
5. Configure LDX with Windchill's Change Management data source.

If they require Jazz Reporting Service and/or IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization services:

5. Verify whether ELM Lifecycle Query Engine (LQE) application is installed ^{[2], [3]}.
6. Configure LQE with Windchill's data sources.

If they require both features, you will also have to:

7. Make sure ELM Report Builder has a LQE data source using configurations.

^[1] Providing the required information in each case. ^[2] They can not work properly if this application is not available, it is mandatory for this required feature. ^[3] On Checking ELM Registered Applications topic, you can find a guide to figure it out in case you are not familiar with it.