About the Rational ClearQuest schema enabled for UCM

In the Rational® ClearQuest® environment, change requests are stored as records in a user database. A schema defines the types of records in the user database, the states available to each type of record, and other attributes of the user database.

A schema basically defines the process for how developers work with records in a Rational ClearQuest user database. An organization may have many different Rational ClearQuest user databases, each one using different schemas for varying types of records tailored for specific purposes.

A schema includes these features:

• Record type definitions
• Forms used to submit and modify a record
• Field definitions and behavior
• States a record can be in
• Actions used to modify or change the state of a record
• Hooks for scripting languages that allow fields and actions to be customized

All schemas are stored in a schema repository, a master database that contains only schemas. The schema repository does not contain any user-owned data or change request data. Change request data is stored in a Rational ClearQuest user database.

The following are the supplied schemas that are enabled for UCM:

• Unified Change Management
• Enterprise

Your project manager can also set up a custom UCM-enabled schema. To support the UCM integration with Rational ClearQuest, a Rational ClearQuest user database must use one of the schemas that is enabled for UCM.

• About schema-specific actions
  
• Before connecting to a schema repository enabled for UCM
  
• About state types and state transitions in a schema enabled for UCM