EXPORTING HIERARCHICAL DATA FROM SOURCE CODE MANAGEMENT (SCM) SYSTEM TO PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM) SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method in which an SCM system can export a module to a PLM system in a process controlled at the SCM system.SOLUTION: Traditionally, PLM systems and SCM systems have not been linked. In an embodiment, a computer method includes, in response to a user request to transfer a module from a source code management (SCM) system to a product lifecycle management (PLM) system, extracting, from a processor at the SCM system, data representing modules, versions of the modules, and hierarchical relationships of the modules from a data source of the SCM system. The method further includes creating a PLM system module having the extracted data representing the modules, versions of the modules, and the hierarchical relationships of the modules.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3