About the base ClearCase® schema and Rational® ClearQuest® user databases

With Rational® ClearQuest®, data is stored in schema repositories and user databases. A schema defines the types of records in the user database and other attributes of the user database. All Rational® ClearQuest® schemas are stored in a schema repository. The Rational® ClearQuest® user database stores your change request data.

The base ClearCase® schema package provides additional information in your Rational® ClearQuest® records to track associations with DevOps Code ClearCase® versioned objects. To support associations between base ClearCase® versions and Rational® ClearQuest® record types, the schema repository needs to have this schema package applied to selected record types. Then the target Rational® ClearQuest® user database must be updated to add the new fields provided by the package.

Your Rational® ClearQuest® user database may include different record types for different purposes. The record type used by the SAMPL Rational® ClearQuest® user database supplied with the base ClearCase® integration with Rational® ClearQuest® is called a defect, but with the base ClearCase® schema package installed, any change request record type can be used.