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Editing an Adapter
This section provides information on how to modify existing Integrity Defects, Bugzilla, and Atlassian JIRA adapters at the site and organization levels.
1. From Site > Utilities or Organizations > Utilities select Adapters Administration in the System Administration section of the page to open the Adapter Administration window.
2. From the Adapter Definition table, select the adapter you want to modify and click Edit . The Adapter Definition window opens displaying the predefined Adapter Type, Adapter Name, and Set Adapter Attributes.
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The adapter type, adapter name, and repository name cannot be modified.
3. Update any of the following Set Adapter Attributes as shown in the following table.
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No field can be left "blank” except for the Display Name field.
Field
Description
Display Name
The descriptive and unique name of the defect-tracking system adapter. The adapter display name can have special characters and spaces. This field is optional.
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When creating multiple adapters, do not use identical “display names,” else, you cannot differentiate between multiple adapter display names listed for your system.
Repository Type
The adapter type. Valid adapter types are:
• Integrity Defects
• Bugzilla
• Atlassian JIRA
Defects Server URL
The URL location of the adapter server. The repository must exist in your directory relative to your naming service search base. For example, http(s)://<fully qualified host name><port>/<path>.
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The forward slash (/) is the directory separator used on Windows systems.
User Name
The server authenticates the given username using the corresponding supplied user name.
The user name is mandatory only if the DTS system requires authentication for accessing the files.
If the user name is necessary, enter the user’s existing user name from the adapter system web server.
Password
The server authenticates the given password using the corresponding supplied user name.
The password is mandatory only if the DTS system requires authentication for accessing the files.
If the password is necessary, enter the user’s existing password from the adapter system web server.
4. When finished, select one of the following options:
Action
Description
OK
After clicking OK, the Site > System Administration window displays while the system is saving and loading the modified adapter in the Adapter Definition table.
Cancel
Click Cancel to revoke changes made to the adapter.
A system generated message box states the following. “Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? Aborting the process of modifying the Adapter results in loss of unsaved data. Press OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page.”
Perform the appropriate action:
• To save modifications to the adapter, click Cancel, and then click OK in the Adapter Definition window. When updates are completed, the system returns you to the Adapter Administration window.
Or,
• To revoke modifications to the adapter, click OK. The system returns you to the Adapter Administration window.
5. If you updated any of the adapter attributes, restart the Windchill server.
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You must restart the Windchill server after updating any of the adapter attributes.