ALM Management
Why Integrate an ALM?
AutoRABIT can connect to popular Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platforms—Jira, Azure DevOps, IBM RTC, CA Agile Central (Rally), and VersionOne—to:
Surface active and inactive sprints in one place.
Sync work-item status automatically during merges, commits, and CI jobs.
Enforce release governance with smart-commit patterns and webhook automation.
The ALM Management page (added in ARM 21.6) lives under Admin and lets you register new ALM connections, set integration rules, and manage repository mappings.
Register an ALM
Log in to ARM as an administrator.
Navigate to Admin › ALM Mgmt.
Click Register ALM.
Fill the form:
IBM RTC, CA Agile Central, VersionOne, or Azure DevOps
ALM Name – friendly label.
ALM Type – choose the platform.
ALM URL – base server URL.
Credentials – select stored credentials (see Credential Manager).
Jira
ALM Name – friendly label.
ALM Type – Jira.
Access Type –
Standard – enter ALM URL and credentials.
OAuth – pick OAuth, click Validate & Save, and grant access in the Jira pop-up.
Click Test Connection to verify access, then Save.
The new ALM appears in the ALM List.
Toggle AR Comments to disable AutoRABIT-generated comments in Jira.
For Jira, you can switch Access Type between Standard and OAuth and click Re-Authenticate when tokens expire.
Integration Settings
Configure how work items are shown and filtered:
Display work items from inactive sprints – include backlog items.
Enable global filter criteria on work items – add column filters as needed.
Click Save Settings.

Smart Commits
Define the pattern AutoRABIT uses to parse work-item references in commit messages—for example:
git commit -m "\[PROJECT-123] add README"

Enable auto update on webhook – reveals a webhook URL you can add to your VCS so external commits update the ALM automatically. See setup guides here.
Optionally sync external smart commits made outside AutoRABIT.
Repository Mappings
Repository mappings let AutoRABIT update ALM work-item status after a successful merge.
Choose the version-control Repository.
Select the Source Branch (click Register here if it’s missing).
Pick the ALM Project.
In ALM Work Item Status, define:
Work Item Type
Current status
Target status after merge
Click Save.
Suppress ALM email noise by listing addresses in Notify exception status updates to.

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