Customizing reports

This section outlines how to customize sample reports.

Before you begin

About this task

Rational® Common Reporting includes several sample reports on topics, such as defect management, change control and management, and test management. These reports serve as a starting point to develop reports that map to your specific business situations. You can customize reports in the following ways:
  • Modify the data sources
  • Add or delete columns from the report
  • Change the look and feel of the report
All the reports shipped with Rational Common Reporting are available in Public Folders > [your_product]. Select the report you want to customize and copy it to another folder. For more information on customizing reports, see the Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide.
Important: Reports installed as part of Rational Common Reporting should not be directly modified. If you want to modify or customize the reports installed as part of Rational Common Reporting, make a copy of the report, and then modify the copy. See Saving reports for more information on copying reports.

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