[osee-dev] ATS Configuration and Documentation Improvements for 0.6.0

["EXT-Dunne, Donald G" <donald.g.dunne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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One of the areas we have been working hard to improve, in capability and documentation, is the configuration of the Action Tracking System (ATS), OSEE's integrated change management system.  The following should help in this area.

Understanding:

The documentation for ATS has been updated to help the community understand how the workflows are configured.  A copy of the 0.6.0 help for ATS has been posted at http://www.eclipse.org/osee/documentation/ats/ATS.htm
Specific attention should be paid to the section on Configuring ATS for Change Tracking at http://www.eclipse.org/osee/documentation/ats/ATS.htm#section8.1

Creating Workflows:

We have added a "Workflow Configuration" wizard that provides a simple mechanism for starting a new workflow configuration.  File -> New -> Other -> OSEE ATS -> Workflow Configuration will provide a dialog to enter a namespace (eg org.company.code) for your workflow.  After selecting finish, a simple/sample workflow will be created and the "ATS Workflow Configuration Editor" (see below) will be opened to allow for the creation of new states and transitions.

Editing Existing Workflows:

We have added an integrated GEF editor, called the "ATS Workflow Configuration Editor", that provides a graphical way to modify the workflows in the system.  This editor will show the states, their transitions and allow for a quick jump to edit the state's with the appropriate widgets and rules.  Either use one of the configuration wizards (above and below) or double-click an existing workflow.  These are stored on the Common branch under Action Tracking System.

See http://www.eclipse.org/osee/documentation/ats/ATS.htm#section8.4.1 for more information about the editor and how to use it.

ATS Configuration Wizard:

Creating workflows is only one part of the configuration of ATS.  You need to define a Team Definition, Actionable Items and Versions (if desired) and relate them correctly to enable ATS to track changes.  To make the simplest configuration of ATS simple, we have added an ATS Configuration Wizard.  This asks for a Team name, list of Actionable Items, list of Versions (if desired) and a workflow id (or blank if a new workflow is desired).  After selecting Finish, ATS will be configured to a state that the user can immediately write their first Action. 


> Donald G. Dunne
> Senior Software Engineer
> Open System Engineering Environment <http://www.eclipse.org/osee/> 
> Longbow Apache Software
> The Boeing Company
> 480-891-1295
> donald.g.dunne@xxxxxxxxxx
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