Extending product functions

Learn how to extend the function of HCL™ Accelerate

HCL™ Accelerate is designed to be easily extended. You can enhance existing functions or add entirely new ones by configuring plug-in integrations. Plug-ins are software add-ons that extend HCL™ Accelerate functionality by integrating with external tools. In general, each plug-in manages one external application. The HCL™ Launch plug-in, for example, enables you to run HCL™ Launch applications.

If you cannot find a plug-in for your environment, you can create plug-ins by using the plug-in software development kit (SDK).

HCL™ Accelerate supports several plug-in types:

• Value stream plug-ins are supported by default. To create an integration with these plug-ins, you simply configure an integration in the value stream JSON file.
• Quality data plug-ins integrate test and metrics data into reports and value streams. To create an integration with these plug-ins, you use external clients to post data to HCL™ Accelerate API endpoints.
• Dedicated plug-ins provide external data to value streams, pipelines, and releases. Plug-ins of this type include: HCL™ Launch, and Jenkins. Use the Integrations page to configure integrations for these plug-ins.
• Task-based integrations provide external data to deployment plans. Use ServiceNow tasks to manage ServiceNow change requests.