Welcome
Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
Developing Schemas
You can develop or modify schemas with the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
Customizing a schema
To modify how change requests are handled, you need to use the Designer to customize the records and fields of a schema.
Actions and action types
Actions are the mechanism for submitting new records to the database, moving records from one state to another, and modifying or deleting records.
Defining action hooks
You can define hooks for an action in a record type. You can customize action hooks by including scripts that use the Rational® ClearQuest® API.

IBM ClearQuest 10.0.9
Overview
Learn general information about the product.
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.
Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
- Developing Schemas
  You can develop or modify schemas with the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
  - Understanding the functions of the Rational® ClearQuest® schema developer
    This topic provides an overview of the tasks typically performed by a schema developer.
  - Overview of the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer interface
    The Rational® ClearQuest® Designer includes several different windows, or views, that you will use to perform your schema development tasks.
  - Rational® ClearQuest® schemas
    This topic explains the concept of a Rational® ClearQuest® schema.
  - Customizing a schema
    To modify how change requests are handled, you need to use the Designer to customize the records and fields of a schema.
    - Record types
      This topic explains the concept of a Rational® ClearQuest® record type.
    - Working with fields
      You use fields to control the type of data that users can add to a user database.
    - State models
      This topic explains the concept of Rational® ClearQuest® state models.
    - Actions and action types
      Actions are the mechanism for submitting new records to the database, moving records from one state to another, and modifying or deleting records.
      - Displaying the Actions grid
        The Record Actions grid displays all of the actions that are defined in a schema. You can use the Record Actions grid to add, delete, and rename actions and to modify properties of an action. You can also set the access control and other policies for each action in the Record Actions grid.
      - Adding actions
        You can add new actions as the state transitions between existing states in the State model for a schema.
      - Creating state transitions
        You create state transitions when defining the state model of a schema. To create a state transition, you define an action of the type CHANGE_STATE and then select the source states and a destination state for that action.
      - Modifying actions
        You can modify action properties in from the Actions grid.
      - Defining action hooks
        You can define hooks for an action in a record type. You can customize action hooks by including scripts that use the Rational® ClearQuest® API.
      - Defining the default action of states
        You can define the default action for a state in a record type so that it is highlighted in the list of all actions for a Rational® ClearQuest® client user.
      - Deleting actions
        You can delete actions for a record type, but the change might require other changes to a schema such as modifying the state transition matrix or hooks that include the action name.
  - Schemas and packages
    This topic explains the concept of using schemas and packages in Rational® ClearQuest®.
  - Packages and integrations
    This topic explains the concepts of Rational® ClearQuest® packages and integrations.
  - Test Management and Requests
    You can use the ClearQuest® TestManagement and Requests feature to create and track test plans and add approval processes to the record.
  - Working with Forms
    You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
  - Creating a security model
    This topic provides an overview of the process to create a security model.
  - Using hooks to customize your workflow
    This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.
  - Record locking
    When multiple users attempt to simultaneously update a record, the database locking model ensures that the update from each user succeeds as a unit, but each update overwrites the previous update.
  - Customizing the Web
    The Designer provides many ways to customize the underlying schema and functionality that the Rational® ClearQuest® Web client accesses.
  - Rational® ClearQuest® email
    This topic provides a description of the supported Rational® ClearQuest® Web client email features.
  - Importing and exporting data
    This topic describes how to import and export data between Rational® ClearQuest® databases, and how to import data into a Rational ClearQuest database from another defect tracking system.
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
Review reference information for the product.
Tutorials

Defining action hooks

You can define hooks for an action in a record type. You can customize action hooks by including scripts that use the Rational® ClearQuest® API.

Procedure

To define an action hook, use the Actions grid:

Start the Designer.
In the Schema Repository Explorer view, expand the Record Types or Record Types - Stateless folder.
Select and expand the record type.
For state-based record types, expand the States and Actions folder.
Expand the Actions node and double-click on an action to open the Record Actions grid.
In the Record Actions grid, right-click in a column and select Scripts.
Select a scripting language.
The Scripts editor starts.
Define the hook using the Rational® ClearQuest® API.

Results

The hook will be compiled when you validate the schema, and any syntax or grammar errors will be marked.