Overall about attachments

Attachments in ALM are files that are attached to entities, which are used for multiple purposes for each type of entities.

The default mechanism of ALM doesn’t allow user to download multiple attachments at the same time. Only one attachment can be downloaded at a time.

Step 1: Download and install FileZilla

First, we need to download an FTP client that works with ALM. FileZilla is recommended in this case.

Step 2: Configure parameter to access FTP

To use FTP client, we need to define a parameter in Site Configuration in the Site Administrator. The parameter is FTP_PORT, the port number of the FTP services that allow users to browse project repositories.

The default values are 21 and 2121. Normally, 21 is used.

Step 3: Connect and browse repository

This is the steps to enter the credentials to log in and browse repository.

In here, the host will be the name or IP address of the ALM server that we want to connect.

The port will be the FTP_PORT.

Username and password is for the ALM Site Administrator users.

Step 4: Locate to the attachment folder and download the files

After we have connected to the ALM repository, we need to navigate to the attachment folder.

The attachment folder is located under the project in the domain.

The folder name will be “attach” and all the attachments are listed there.

To download the files, simply select the files and move to the desired location.