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Learn how to integrate HCL VersionVault with other products.
Integrating HCL VersionVault with other products
Learn how to integrate HCL VersionVault with other products.
HCL VersionVault integrations with vendor products
HCL VersionVault can be integrated with other vendor products.
The HCL VersionVault integration with Cadence Virtuoso
The HCL VersionVault-Cadence integration supports a number of commands (data management operations, such as check-in and check-out) and features (such as the Configuration Specification editor and the Work Area Manager).
VersionVault preferences store for cellview editors
Designers can set VersionVault preferences for cellview editors. Once set, these preferences remain persistent.

Integrating
Learn how to integrate HCL VersionVault with other products.
- Integrating HCL VersionVault with other products
  Learn how to integrate HCL VersionVault with other products.
  - The UCM integration with HCL Compass
    If your project uses the UCM integration with HCL Compass, your project manager has set up an HCL Compass user database to store information about the work that you do in UCM activities.
  - HCL VersionVault integrations with vendor products
    HCL VersionVault can be integrated with other vendor products.
    - The HCL VersionVault integration with Visual Studio
    - The HCL VersionVault integration with Cadence Virtuoso
      The HCL VersionVault-Cadence integration supports a number of commands (data management operations, such as check-in and check-out) and features (such as the Configuration Specification editor and the Work Area Manager).
      - Integrating VersionVault with Cadence Virtuoso
        Before you set up the HCL VersionVault integration with Cadence Virtuoso, review the following information.
      - Data management operations
        You can check in, check out, cancel check-outs, delete artifacts, and automatically check in or check out artifacts by using the Library Manager.
      - The Configuration Specification editor
        Use the Configuration Specification editor to specify custom version-selection rules for designs and to configure your workspaces accordingly.
      - The VersionVault Work Area Manager
        The VersionVault Work Area Manager (WAM) offers designers an interface that presents the information in a format most suitable with the workflow of designers.
      - The VersionVault integration with Cadence cellview editors
        The HCL VersionVault integration with Cadence schematic, layout, and other such design editors is referred to as cellview editors (CVEs). Version information, which is displayed on the cellview editor's title bar, includes the current design management (DM) state and the version of the design artifacts that are loaded in the work area.
      - The schematic diff tool
        With the schematic diff tool, designers can graphically browse and review changes that are made in versions of the same schematic design.
      - The Hierarchy Manager
        The Hierarchy Manager is similar to the Work Area Manager in certain graphical user interface (GUI) respects but the Hierarchy Manager presents a list of cellviews that constitute a design hierarchy.
      - Logs and traces
        Apart from the Cadence logging in CDS.log and libManager.log files, you can set the following environment variables to control the output and to enable tracing and logging for the integration.
      - VersionVault preferences store for cellview editors
        Designers can set VersionVault preferences for cellview editors. Once set, these preferences remain persistent.
      - Graphical design management API
        To graphically carry out common design management operations, you can use the application program interface (API) that is available in the VersionVault-Cadence integration.

VersionVault preferences store for cellview editors

Designers can set VersionVault preferences for cellview editors. Once set, these preferences remain persistent.

Using the Command Interpreter Window (CIW) to access the preferences store

To set VersionVault preferences for cellview editors, in the Virtuoso Command Interpreter Window (CIW) use the VersionVault Preferences dialog box: VersionVault > Preferences.
VersionVault > Preferences menu

VersionVault > Preferences menu

When you select Preferences, the VersionVault Preferences dialog box opens.

VersionVault Preferences dialog box

Cellview editor preferences

The VersionVault Preferences dialog box includes options to control display of VersionVault-specific information in the title and banner area of Virtuoso cellview editors.

For the very first invocation, the DM state remains checked. Cellview editors display DM state information in the editor's title area. Thereafter, any user modification to the preference options will be preserved. Selecting Defaults on the VersionVault Preferences dialog box rolls back the VersionVault field visibility to only DM State.

Using the Cellview editor to access the preferences store

To set VersionVault preferences through cellview editors, in the cellview editor, select VersionVault > Display Fields to open the VersionVault Display Fields/Preferences dialog box.

VersionVault > Display Fields menu

The most recent user changes to the display preferences will be shown by the VersionVault Display Fields/Preferences dialog box. You can change selections here to update the cellview editor with new preferences.

If multiple cellview editors are opened, only the editor where the display preferences are modified will be affected. The other open cellview editors must use VersionVault > Refresh to see any updated preferences.

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