This topic presents the client and server architectures that support
the new data-pull reporting model and the traditional data-push model.
The new reporting components introduced in ClearQuest version 7.1 impact
how you configure the ClearQuest change management server, the
ClearQuest Client, the ClearQuest Client for Eclipse, and ClearQuest Web.
It is important to understand the support available on each client to design
and run reports before you plan your reporting deployment.
ClearQuest Client and ClearQuest Client for Eclipse
Running
traditional data-push reports
Starting in ClearQuest version 7.1,
there are two options for running Crystal Reports traditional data-push reports
when using the ClearQuest Eclipse clients:
- To continue to run data-push reports on the Eclipse clients as you did
in versions of ClearQuest earlier than 7.1, download and install the required
Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC). The Crystal Reports RDC is
available to licensed IBM Rational ClearQuest users from the Business Objects
Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
- To run data-push reports on the Rational ClearQuest change management
server:
- Install the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports, which is an
optional subcomponent when you install ClearQuest. This component runs on
a standard Web application server. Rational ClearQuest includes WebSphere
Application Server as the default Web application server.
- Configure the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports with the Crystal Reports Java Reporting
Component (JRC). The Crystal Reports JRC is available to licensed IBM Rational
ClearQuest users from the Business Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
- On the Eclipse clients, specify the URL for the Report Server for Crystal
Reports on the Reporting tab of the Preferences dialog
box (in the ClearQuest perspective, click ).
Designing, managing, and sharing data-pull reports
To
design, manage, and share data-pull reports:
- Use the ClearQuest Reporting Driver and the BIRT or Crystal Reports reporting
system to design new data-pull reports.
- Use the Report Server for ClearQuest to manage and share data-pull reports
created with BIRT.
- Use the Report Server for ClearQuest and the ClearQuest Report Server
for Crystal Reports to manage and share data-pull reports created with Crystal
Reports.
The following figure shows the components available to design,
run, and share new data-pull reports and to run traditional data-push reports
when using the ClearQuest Client or ClearQuest Client for Eclipse.

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ClearQuest Web client
Running traditional data-push
reports
To run traditional data-push reports on the Rational ClearQuest
change management server:
- Install the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports, which is an
optional subcomponent when you install ClearQuest. This component runs on
a standard Web application server. Rational ClearQuest includes WebSphere
Application Server as the default Web application server.
- Configure the ClearQuest Report
Server for Crystal Reports with the Crystal Reports Java Reporting
Component (JRC). The Crystal Reports JRC is available to licensed IBM Rational
ClearQuest users from the Business Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
- Log in to Rational ClearQuest Web as an administrator, and specify the
URL for the Report Server for Crystal Reports on the Reporting
Options tab of the Site Configuration dialog box ().
Managing and sharing data-pull reports
To manage and
share data-pull reports:
- Use the Report Server for ClearQuest to manage and share data-pull reports
that are created with BIRT or Crystal Reports.
- Use the Report Server for ClearQuest and the ClearQuest Report Server
for Crystal Reports to manage and share data-pull reports that are created
with Crystal Reports.
The next figure shows the components available to manage and share
new data-pull reports and to run traditional data-push reports when using
the ClearQuest Web client.

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ClearQuest for Windows client
Designing, running,
and managing traditional data-push reports
ClearQuest version 7.1
continues to support the traditional data-push model of creating and running
reports on the ClearQuest for Windows client by using the Crystal Reports
Report Design Component (RDC). You can download and install the Crystal Reports
RDC, which is available to licensed IBM Rational ClearQuest users from the
Business Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
To
manage Crystal Reports report formats and to create new ones using the Crystal
Reports Designer, you must purchase a license for Crystal Reports from Business
Objects.
The following figure shows the components available to design,
run, and manage traditional data-push reports when using the ClearQuest for
Windows client.

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