Configure Service Manager for Integration with OpenText PPM

Before starting these configuration procedures, make sure that the Service Manager server, Service Manager client, and Service Manager Webtier are installed and running.

Note: OpenText PPM can be integrated with multiple instances of Service Manager, if those instances are at the same version. (See the System Requirements and Compatibility Matrix for details) However, the procedures in this section must be performed identically on the multiple Service Manager instances.

Note: If you already integrated Service Manager with OpenText PPM, and you upgrade the integration solution to OpenText PPM 9.12 or later, copy and rename two web service objects in Service Manager as follows to make sure that the integration will continue to work:

  • Change -> ChangePPMIntALM

  • ChangeTask -> ChangeTaskPPMIntALM

  1. Log on to Service Manager as system administrator.

  2. Select the menu System Navigator > Tailoring > Web Services > Web Service Configuration.

  3. Type Change in the Service Name field, and click Search.

  4. Select Change.

  5. Modify the Object Name field from Change to ChangePPMIntALM.

  6. Click Add.

    This creates or adds a new object name called ChangePPMIntALM in the Change Web Service based on the system object Change.

  7. Repeat the above steps to create or add a new object called ChangeTaskPPMIntALM based on the system object ChangeTask.

Fields related to the integration are exposed in the ChangePPMIntALM web service when using PPM Center version 9.12 and later.

Integration of Service Manager with OpenText PPM requires specific configuration of Service Manager, as described in the following sections.

  1. Configure the Change Management Module

  2. Associating New Display Actions to the New Processes Loaded

  3. Reconfiguring the ChangeManagement Module

  4. Configuring Browsing of Service Manager Changes from a URL

  5. Modifying the cm3r.pre.add Trigger

  6. Performing the Mass Update Procedure for the Existing Records

  7. Updating Service Manager Application Server with Idle Session Timeout and Modifying the falcon User Profile

Before starting this procedure, make sure you review the warning in the section Introduction to Integrating OpenText PPM Requests with Service Manager Changes.