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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).
The Configuration Specification editor
Use the Configuration Specification editor to specify custom version-selection rules for designs and to configure your workspaces accordingly.

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.
        Adding and configuring selection rules
        You can add selection rules to the Configuration Specification editor.
        Managing selection rules
        You can select and change the order of rules. You can also delete customized versions of selection rules and review version histories.
      - 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.

The Configuration Specification editor

Use the Configuration Specification editor to specify custom version-selection rules for designs and to configure your workspaces accordingly. Open the Configuration Specification editor from the VersionVault Config Spec Editor menu on the Cadence Library Manager's Design Manager menu.

The editor consists of two main elements: the Design Navigator pane and the Rules pane, as shown in the following illustration:
Screen capture of the VersionVault Configuration Specification editor

Screen capture of the VersionVault Configuration Specification editor

Design Navigator

The Design Navigator displays your current workspace in a tree view. All the design libraries that VersionVault manages are listed under the Workspace node. You can select either an entire workspace or the libraries, cells, and cellviews to be configured with a custom version-selection rule.

Rules pane

New rules are added to the Rules pane as selected by the Latest rule, which is the default setting for the pane. These rules are available for further customization. You can edit the rules that filter the rule entries that are displayed in the Rules pane any time by selecting a criteria from the Rules field menu. The Rules pane displays the custom design rules in a table with these columns:

Item: Displays either a design name, which is listed with a three-part name (for example, lib cell view) or as Workspace if the rule is for customizing an entire workspace.
Type: Displays the rule's scope: a library, cell, view, workspace, or a hierarchy.
Rule: Displays the version-selection criteria that is associated with the entry.
Rule Details: Displays the exact rules to be written to the VersionVault configuration specification (CSPEC) file. This column is intended for advanced users who work with VersionVault CSPEC functions.

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