Features in the feature levels

The table identifies the features available at each feature level to help you determine which feature level you want to move your environment to.

To determine what features are in the feature levels, run the command: installutil showfeaturelevels

Table 1. Features in the feature level
Description of features available in Rational® ClearQuest®.
Feature Level	Feature description
Feature Level 5	Security Record Hiding
Feature Level 6	Administering Rational® ClearQuest® Workspace folder permissions Record ID limitation improvement Synchronization of null values with Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time (PDF) Rename replicas and sites
Feature level 7	Full-text search Note: Full-text search can be supported in previous feature levels (for example, Rational® ClearQuest® databases at feature levels 5 or feature level 6 in a MultiSite environment) under certain conditions. For more information, see Considerations for feature level 7 features. Pessimistic Record Locking FIPS 140-2 approved data encryption
Feature level 8	See technote 1634465.
Feature level 9	See technote 7038259, on the 8.0.1.6 tab, in the What's new in this release section.
Feature level 10	Additional characters are now allowed in group names, specifically ".", "@", and "~".
Feature level 11	Adds support for enhanced controls on forms for the web server, such as rich text controls. These enhanced controls are not available in ClearQuest or in ClearQuest Web on WebSphere.

Considerations for feature level 7 features

Full-text search takes advantages of MultiSite technologies that are present in versions of Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite before 7.1.x. These technologies were introduced in non-MultiSite Rational® ClearQuest® version 7.1.x and later. As a result, the full-text search feature level support is different in MultSite and non-MultiSite installations.

In non-MultiSite environments with Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x or later, full-text search is supported in Feature level 7 databases.
In a MultiSite environment, full-text search is supported in databases at feature level 5, 6 and 7 as long as all the Web servers have been upgraded to Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x.

Considerations for feature level 5 features

The features Record ID limitation improvement, Synchronization of null values with Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite, and Ability to rename a site in Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite in feature level 5 are disabled in databases created with versions of Rational® ClearQuest® earlier than 7.0.0. Databases at feature levels 5, 6, and 7 created with Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x automatically enables these features. If you have databases at feature level 5 with these features disabled and the databases were created before Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.0.0, upgrading to feature level 6, or 7 with Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x enables these features.
- installutil sethighrecordlimit - This command enables Record ID limitation improvement, Synchronization of null values with Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite, and Ability to rename a site in Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite. For more information, see Increasing the user database record ID limit.
The feature Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time in feature level 5 is disabled in all databases regardless of which version of Rational® ClearQuest® created it. Creating a feature level 6, or 7 database with Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x, or upgrading a feature level 5 database to feature level 6, or 7 with Rational® ClearQuest® Version 7.1.x enables this feature.
- installutil -please setutchistorytimestamps - This command enables Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time. For more information, see Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time (PDF).