Security for report viewing, generation, and management
is provided by user authentication through a Rational® ClearQuest® database. When the Report Server
is configured, the server administrator updates a configuration file
to include connection information for the Rational ClearQuest database used for user credential validation.
All user validation is performed through the Rational ClearQuest API.
The level of access control provided for the Report Server for ClearQuest is a subset of that
available for Rational ClearQuest. Access control
for the Report Server for ClearQuest is
used to:
- Determine the pool of eligible users for the Report Server administrator.
Users of Report Servers must have existing Rational ClearQuest accounts before they can be
granted access by the Report Server administrator.
- Validate the user credentials during logon to the Report Server.
- Determine which users have permission to share reports. Shared
reports can be seen by all Report Server users