This topic presents several scenarios that can help you
decide which reporting configuration is best for your environment.
Table 1. ClearQuest reporting
scenariosUse Case |
Description |
Scenario
1 |
Your existing ClearQuest® deployment uses Crystal Reports
data-push reports, and you do not want to migrate to data-pull reports
at this time. |
Scenario
2 |
Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses Crystal Reports.
You want to continue to use Crystal Reports to design new data-pull
reports |
Scenario
3 |
Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses Crystal Reports,
and you want to use BIRT to design data-pull reports |
Scenario
4 |
Either you have a new ClearQuest deployment, or your existing
deployment does not have any saved data-push reports. You want to
design data-pull reports |
Scenario
5 |
You are using BIRT reports that are shared by
using the ClearQuest Report
Server. You do not plan to use the Rational Team Concert™ entitlement
for agile planning. |
Scenario
6 |
We are using BIRT reports and want to host the
reports in Rational
Team Concert to facilitate agile planning |
Scenario
7 |
You are using Report Launcher for ClearQuest to share reports on a file
server and want to add security features to limit access |
Scenario 1: Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses
Crystal Reports data-push reports, and you have no plans to migrate
to data-pull reports at this time
Install and configure
the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports and the Crystal Reports Java™ Runtime components. See Deploying the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports.
Note: ClearQuest versions 7.1.x
and earlier supported an option to run Crystal data-push reports on
the ClearQuest Client
by using the Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC) runtime.
This component is no longer supported because the RDC component has
been deprecated. If you can obtain a supported version of the RDC
component from
SAP, you can continue to run data-push reports
on the client. However, customers are encouraged to migrate to the
data-pull reporting model. See
Migrating Crystal data-push reports to data-pull.
Scenario 2: Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses
Crystal Reports. You want to continue designing data-pull reports
with Crystal Reports.
In this scenario, you have a version
of ClearQuest earlier
than 7.1 deployed that uses SAP Crystal Reports to design and run
data-push reports, and you want to continue designing data-pull reports
with Crystal Reports.
Recommendation:- Purchase one or more licenses for Crystal Reports version 11 release
2.
- Configure your ClearQuest clients
to run existing data-push reports as described in Table 2.
- Migrate existing data-push reports to the data-pull report model.
Report sharing options:- To share data-push report formats, migrate
the data-push reports to the ClearQuest data-pull reporting model.
You can also manage report formats with the ClearQuest for Windows client with the Crystal Reports Designer,
but this method is deprecated.
- To share data-pull reports, you must install and configure the
following software components on the same host computer. Both are
optional subcomponents when you install ClearQuest using the IBM® Installation Manager: Manage the data-pull
reports from the server file system where they are stored.
- Report Server for Crystal Reports
- Report Launcher for ClearQuest
Table 2. Software
configurations that support Crystal Reports data-push reportsClearQuest client |
Client and server software configurations |
ClearQuest Client |
To run data-push reports on the ClearQuest Web server:
|
ClearQuest Web
client |
Attention: Running data push reports
with the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports is supported only on a subset of the platforms
supported by Rational® ClearQuest Web. See technical note 1216371.
You can run
data-push reports on the ClearQuest Web
Server by performing the following tasks:- Install and configure the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports and the Crystal Reports Java Runtime components. See Deploying
the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports.
- Log on to ClearQuest Web
as administrator. Then, specify the URL of the Report Server for Crystal
Reports on the Reporting Options tab of the
Site Configuration dialog box ().
|
ClearQuest for Windows client |
In ClearQuest version
8.0 and later, the Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC) is
no longer available for download. If you can obtain a supported version
of the RDC component from SAP, you can continue to run data-push reports
on the client. However, customers are encouraged to migrate to
the data-pull reporting model.- On the client:
- Obtain and install a copy of the Crystal Reports Report Design
Component (RDC) from SAP.
- To maintain and create new Crystal Reports report formats for
the data-push model, you must purchase a license for a version of
Crystal Reports supported by ClearQuest from SAP. For information about the supported versions,
see technical note 1216371.
|
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Scenario 3: Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses
Crystal Reports, and you want to use BIRT to design data-pull reports
In
this scenario, you have a version of ClearQuest earlier than 7.1 deployed that
uses Crystal Reports to design and run data-push reports. You want
to use the BIRT Report Designer and runtime engine to design data-pull
reports.
Recommendation:
- Purchase one or more licenses for SAP Crystal Reports from SAP. For a list of versions supported by ClearQuest, see technical note 126371.
- To run data-push reports, use the client and server software
configurations described in Table 2.
- To design new reports, use Business Intelligence and Reporting
tools (BIRT) with the ClearQuest Reporting
Driver. For a list of ClearQuest supported
BIRT versions, see technical note1509579.
- (Optional) Migrate existing Crystal Reports data-push reports
to BIRT.
Report management options:
- To manage data-push report formats, use the ClearQuest for Windows client with the Crystal Reports Designer.
- On the ClearQuest Web
server, install the Report Launcher for ClearQuest, which is an optional subcomponent
when you install ClearQuest by
using the IBM Installation Manager.
- Use the Report Launcher for ClearQuest to
run and view the ClearQuest reports
on the file server.
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Scenario 4: Either you have
a new ClearQuest deployment,
or your existing deployment does not have any saved data-push reports
and you want to design data-pull reports
This scenario applies
to an environment with either a new ClearQuest deployment, or a version of ClearQuest earlier than 7.1
deployed with no saved data-push reports. You want to design data-pull
reports.
Recommendation:- Use BIRT with the ClearQuest Reporting
Driver to design new reports.
Report management option:- On the server, install the Report Launcher for ClearQuest, which is an optional subcomponent
when you install ClearQuest from IBM Installation Manager.
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Scenario 6: We use BIRT reports
and want to access them from Rational Team Concert to facilitate
agile planning
To access ClearQuest reports created with BIRT reporting
tools, perform these steps:
- Install the Rational
Team Concert Server.
- Install the Rational
Team Concert Eclipse client.
- To run and share reports, configure Rational Team Concert for ClearQuest reporting.
- Optional. To configure Rational Team Concert to edit
BIRT reports, complete these steps
- Load the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) and
its prerequisites in the Rational Team Concert environment.
See https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ReportsCreatingANewReport30.
- Load the ClearQuest Reporting
Driver. See Configuring an Eclipse Workbench for ClearQuest reporting activities.
- From the Eclipse Workbench, create a Report Project,
then create a ClearQuest report.
- Upload the report to Rational Team Concert server
as a report template.
- Create a report based on the report template.
- Run the report from the Rational Team Concert web client.
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