Connecting with Rational ClearQuest

You must create connections to Rational® ClearQuest® through the Rational Asset Manager web application. Connections are required for forum mappings configurations, queries, and ClearQuest-driven review processes.

Before you begin

You must be a repository administrator or a community administrator to add a new connection.

About this task

Users of the repository use these connections to map an asset or a forum topic to ClearQuest so that it is tracked.

A schema in IBM® Rational ClearQuest is a complete description of the process model for one type of change request (the metadata for that process model). It includes a description of the states and actions of the model, the structure of the data, hook code, forms, reports, and queries.

Rational ClearQuest also provides four types of databases:
  • The schema repository, also referred to as a master database, can store multiple schemas, for example, one schema for defect change requests and another schema for feature enhancement change requests. The schema repository can also include multiple versions of the schema. You use the Maintenance Tool to create a schema repository.
  • The user database, also referred to as a production database, stores and manages information entered into the change requests. You use the Designer to create a user database.
  • A sample database is a working user database that provides 40 sample defect records of user information, as well as sample queries and reports. You can create a sample database when you create a schema repository with the Maintenance Tool.
  • A test database is a temporary database that you can create when you are using the Designer to develop a new schema or create a new version of a schema

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