Logging in to ALM

You must log in to your ALM server before mapping, validating, or uploading your data.

To log in to ALM:

  1. Click Login. The ALM Login dialog box opens.

    Enter your ALM server and the virtual directory name (http://<ALM server name>[:<port number>]/qcbin), your user name, and your password and click Authenticate.

    Note: To enable access to an ALM server configured with a web server that requires client certificate authentication from the add-in, perform the following steps:

      1. Locate the file ExcelAddIn.dll.config in the Excel add-in installation folder:

        • If the Excel add-in is installed for Only for me, this file is located in %localappdata%\Programs\Micro Focus\Addins.
        • If the Excel add-in is installed for Anyone who uses this computer (all users), this file is located in C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\Addins.

      1. Open the file, change the value of following key to "Y" (default value is "N"):
        <add key="CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_REQUIRED" value="Y"/> and save.

      2. Restart Microsoft Excel.

    For Single-Sign-On users: Enter your ALM server and the virtual directory name (http://<ALM server name>[:<port number>]/qcbin) and click Authenticate.

    You are redirected to your corporate credentials(at a URL belonging to your corporate domain) If your company set up Single-Sign-On with ALM and you already logged in to another application with your corporate credentials, you may be redirected to the ALM application without needing to log in again.

  2. Enter your domain and project.

  3. To set your proxy settings, click Show Proxy Settings.

    By default, the connection is done via the Internet Explorer proxy settings. To use a different proxy server, click Use a Proxy Server and enter the proxy details and credentials.

  4. Click Login.

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