You can create a resource group. A resource group is the
data source of a product. Examples of resource groups are IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® databases, IBM Rational ClearCase® views and
versioned object bases (VOBs). When you create a resource group in
an XML data configuration file, you define a connection between the
product data and the relational database.
Before you begin
A resource group must belong to a resource group category.
Make sure there are resource categories under which you can place
the new resource group.
About this task
To create a new resource group:
Procedure
- Click .
- Select the resource group category under which you want
to create the new resource group and click Next.
- Specify a name. The name can contain only ASCII characters
and must be unique within the resource group category to which the
resource group belongs.
- Optional: Type a description.
- Specify the type of data source referenced by the URL.
- If the data source is accessed through Rational Common Reporting Data Service, select Data Service and type the HTTP URL.
For a Rational Common Reporting Data Service data source, the default URL is http://host:port/DataServices/product_name.
Note: The data service URL of the resource group
is used as the base URL for all resources defined in the resource
group. You can specify the base URL to be any level of the URL path.
For example, for IBM Rational Clearcase, you can
specify URL in the user database level.
- If the data source is an XML file, select Generic
XML and type the URL of the XML file. The XML file could
be a local file or a remote file.
- If the data source is accessed through a Requirements Interchange
Format (RIF) service, select RIF and type the
HTTP URL or the path of the local or remote XML file.
- Specify the type of authentication.
- If authentication is not needed to access the resource group,
select None.
- If authentication is needed to access the resource group,
select Basic or Form and specify the user name and password to use for the authentication.
- If you want to link the resource group to another existing
resource group, select Link to existing resource group and select the target resource group listed in the table.
- Click Test Connection. If you get
an error, see the message for troubleshooting information.
- Click Finish.