Create a Rational ClearQuest® connection in
order to map an asset or forum topic to Rational ClearQuest so
that it is tracked.
Procedure
- Log in to the Rational® Asset Manager web
application.
- Open the Administration page and select the community you
want to edit.
- Open the Connections page.
- Under Change Management Connections, click New
connection.
- In the Choose Repository Type window, select ClearQuest from
the list and click OK.
- On the Repository Connection Details page, complete the
form with the details for your ClearQuest installation.
- Name: This is a name that you
provide for the connection. The name can include spaces and special
characters.
- Description: Optionally, you
can create a description of the connection. The description can have
spaces and special characters.
- Schema repository: This is the
database that is used to store and manage a group of schemas including
all versions of those schemas, and their associated user databases.
This list is populated from the list of connections set up in the Rational ClearQuest Maintenance Tool on the server
machine. The name used for Schema repository should be
the same name configured on ClearQuest server. If a different
name is used, you will not be able to access the information from
the Rational Asset Manager server on the ClearQuest server.
- Database: This is the particular
database within the schema repository that you want to connect to.
- CQWeb URL: This is where you
specify the fully qualified URL to the Rational ClearQuest web application; for example, http://www.example.com/cqweb/.
- User name: This is the user ID
of a user who is authorized to access Rational ClearQuest. This user will be the one
who owns any requests opened in the external repository.
- Password: The user's password
for accessing Rational ClearQuest.
- Click OK.