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Reporting
Learn how to generate reports for the product.
Reporting deployment planning
Rational® ClearQuest® lets you customize your deployment to support data-pull reports with BIRT reporting tools.
About the Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest®
The Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest® is a web application for running data-pull reports that are saved on a server file system.
Configuring security for the Report Launcher and reports
Rational® ClearQuest® provides security features that can be configured to protect access to the Report Launcher for ClearQuest and access to the reports themselves. Use the information in this topic to learn about and configure the network, client, and data security for the Rational ClearQuest reporting environment.

IBM ClearQuest 10.0.9
Overview
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Installing
Learn how to install the product.
Upgrading and migrating
Learn how to upgrade and migrate data for the product.
Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
Reporting
Learn how to generate reports for the product.
- 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.
- Reporting deployment planning
  Rational® ClearQuest® lets you customize your deployment to support data-pull reports with BIRT reporting tools.
  - Scenarios for planning your reporting deployment
    This topic presents several scenarios that can help you decide which reporting configuration is best for your environment.
  - About the Rational® ClearQuest® Reporting Driver
    The Rational® ClearQuest® Reporting Driver provides ClearQuest authenticated access to ClearQuest data sources to design and run data-pull reports.
  - About the Rational® ClearQuest® Report Server for Crystal Reports
    Use the Rational® ClearQuest® Report Server for Crystal Reports to run data-pull reports on the ClearQuest Web server. Use the Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest to provide access to reports on a shared file server.
  - About the Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest®
    The Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest® is a web application for running data-pull reports that are saved on a server file system.
    - Deploying the Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest®
      Deploying Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest® for use with WebSphere® Application Server requires installing and configuring the Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest component. You must also deploy the server runtime for the selected reporting tool on the WebSphere Application Server.
    - Deploying the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server
      Before you can run BIRT reports from the Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest®, you must install and configure the BIRT server runtime on the WebSphere® Application Server.
    - Configuring security for the Report Launcher and reports
      Rational® ClearQuest® provides security features that can be configured to protect access to the Report Launcher for ClearQuest and access to the reports themselves. Use the information in this topic to learn about and configure the network, client, and data security for the Rational ClearQuest reporting environment.
      - About Rational® ClearQuest® reporting security
        Rational® ClearQuest® provides security features that can be configured to protect access to the Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest and access to run reports from the reporting server. Use the information in this topic to learn about the network, client, and data security.
      - Configuring security for the Report Launcher and reports
        Rational® ClearQuest® provides default security roles and configuration to restrict access to the Report Launcher for ClearQuestRational ClearQuest and access to individual directories and reports using WebSphere® Application Server J2EE security. This configuration can be customized for your environment by updating the deployment descriptor and mapping users and groups to security roles.
      - Managing credentials for BIRT reports
        To build BIRT reports that allow user credentials to be passed or entered at runtime, define Rational® ClearQuest® data sources in BIRT to permit user and password information to be passed as invocation parameters by the Report Launcher at run time.
    - Using the Report Launcher
      Use the Report Launcher for Rational® ClearQuest® to manage and run reports that are designed with BIRT reporting tools and stored on a shared file server. Authorized users can select reports from the Report Launcher navigation window and view the generated data in the Report Launcher view window.
Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Integrating
You can integrate Rational® ClearQuest® with other software by adding packages to existing schema.
Extending product function
Learn how to extend the product.
Reference
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Tutorials

Configuring security for the Report Launcher and reports

Rational® ClearQuest® provides security features that can be configured to protect access to the Report Launcher for ClearQuest® and access to the reports themselves. Use the information in this topic to learn about and configure the network, client, and data security for the Rational® ClearQuest® reporting environment.