The task is used to initialize a connection with the EWM® server and to provide centralized system definition data access for the rest of the system definition tasks. The task must run prior to any other system definition task. You can specify the repository address, user ID, password or password file, and the name of the project area that contains the Enterprise Extensions system definition data as attributes. If you do not specify these attributes, the task retrieves values for the attributes from the file sharing information associated with the build file.
The following table describes the task specific attributes for the task:
| Task Specific Attributes | ||
| Attribute | Description | Required |
| repositoryAddress | Address of the team repository to use. | Yes |
| userId | User ID for authentication to the repository. Requires password or passwordFile to be set. | Yes |
| password | Password for the user ID. Either password or passwordFile can be provided, but not both. | No |
| projectArea | The name of the project area where associated data set definitions, translators, and language definitions are stored. | Yes |
<xt:init
repositoryAddress="https://jazz.raleigh.ibm.com:9443/ccm"
userId="tami"
password="tami"
projectArea="Build Test"/>