Rational® ClearQuest® provides
a flexible reporting solution to design and test reports with Business
Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) or Crystal Reports reporting tools
that are configured with the ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
Users can share ClearQuest reports
with the Report Launcher for ClearQuest or access
reports from Rational Team Concert™ to facilitate agile planning. Rational ClearQuest continues
to support the data-push reporting model, but this model is deprecated.
ClearQuest reporting features
ClearQuest version 8.0 reporting
features in Rational ClearQuest Web client and Rational ClearQuest Client include
these features:
- Support for data-pull and data-push reporting models
- Rational ClearQuest supports data-pull reporting with BIRT and
SAP Crystal Reports, and data-push reporting with SAP Crystal Reports.
The data-pull model pulls data from data sources that are configured
in the reporting tool. The data-push model defines a report by specifying
a query and a report format, both of which are stored in the ClearQuest user database.
For more information, see About data-pull and data-push reporting models.
- ClearQuest Reporting Driver
- The ClearQuest Reporting Driver
provides authenticated access to ClearQuest data
sources. The reporting driver partially implements the Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) API, which
enables various reporting tools to access ClearQuest data. The Reporting Driver
is installed automatically with any ClearQuest component. You must configure
the reporting tools or environments that require access to ClearQuest data with the ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
See Configuring the ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
- Report Launcher for ClearQuest
- Report Launcher for ClearQuest is an installable server component
and web interface that is included with Rational ClearQuest. Report
Launcher enables reports to be shared on the server that is specified
in the Report Launcher configuration file. The web interface provides
a navigator to view and run reports on the file server. When you select
a report, the report launcher starts the server runtime engine for
the associated reporting tool: Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
(BIRT) or SAP Crystal Reports. Results are displayed in the report
viewer for the reporting tool. You must install the Report Launcher
on the same ClearQuest Web
server where the reporting tool runtime application for your reporting
environment is installed. See Deploying the Report Launcher for ClearQuest.
- View ClearQuest reports
in Rational Team
Concert
- Configure Rational
Team Concert to use the ClearQuest Reporting Driver
to view ClearQuest reports
that are created with BIRT reporting tools.
- ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports
- Use the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports to run data-push and data-pull reports
with Crystal Reports reporting tools. Requires installing the required
Crystal Reports runtime from SAP. See Deploying the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports.
Changes in ClearQuest reporting
environment from ClearQuest version
7.1.x and earlier
- Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer
are no longer installed with the Rational ClearQuest Client
- To design ClearQuest data-pull
reports with BIRT, download and install BIRT reporting tools from
the BIRT
project. Then, configure them to use the ClearQuest Reporting Driver. See Configuring the ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
- Report Server for ClearQuest is
no longer available
- The Report Server for ClearQuest used
for managing and running ClearQuest data-pull
reports in ClearQuest version
7.1.x is no longer supported by the ClearQuest Client. ClearQuest data-pull reports can be run
and viewed from the Report Launcher for ClearQuest. To migrate existing reports
in the Report Server for ClearQuest repository,
use the IBM® Rational ClearQuest Report Exporter available from Download document 4029627.
- Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC) no longer supported
- The Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC) for running
data-push Crystal reports on the ClearQuest Client
and ClearQuest Client
for Windows is no longer
supported. Manage existing Crystal Reports data-push reports from
the ClearQuest client
with the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports, or migrate reports to the data-pull reporting model.
See Migrating Crystal data-push reports to data-pull.
- Data-push model for running Crystal Reports data-push reports
is deprecated
- The data-push model for running reports on the ClearQuest Client and ClearQuest for Windows Client with SAP Crystal Reports is
deprecated. However, you can continue running and sharing existing
data-push reports with ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports and the Crystal Reports JRC runtime available
from SAP. See Deploying the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports.