Reporting on Rational® ClearQuest® data sources
Rational® ClearQuest® provides a flexible reporting solution to design and test reports with Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) and SAP Crystal reports 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® reporting features
- Support for data-pull reporting model
- Rational® ClearQuest® supports data-pull reporting with BIRT and with SAP Crystal Reports. The data-pull model pulls data from data sources that are configured in the reporting tool.
- Rational® 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 Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
- Report Launcher for ClearQuest®
- Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest® is an installable server component and web interface that is included with 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 assiciated reporting tool. Results display in the report viewer for the reporting tool. You must install the Report Launcher on the same Rational® ClearQuest® Web server where the reporting tool runtime application for your reporting environment is installed, if using JNI based reports, utilizing the same connection names on the host as defined in your BIRT reports. Alternatively, reports on any Report Launcher host may access BIRT reports configured with CM data sources on any accessible ClearQuest Change Management Server host. See Deploying the Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest.
- View Rational® ClearQuest® reports in Rational® Team Concert
- Configure Rational Team Concert™ to use the Rational® ClearQuest® Reporting Driver to view Rational® ClearQuest® reports that are created with BIRT reporting tools.
Changes in Rational® ClearQuest® reporting environment
- Crystal Reports
- As of ClearQuest® version 10.0.9, Crystal Reports are supported with 64-bit ClearQuest®
- 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 Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver.