This topic presents several use cases that can help you decide
which reporting configuration is best for your environment.
- Use case 1:
Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses Crystal Reports, and you want to
continue to use Crystal Reports to design new data-pull reports
- Use case 2:
Either you have a new ClearQuest deployment, or your existing deployment does
not have any saved data-push reports and you want to design new data-pull
reports
- Use case 3:
Your existing ClearQuest deployment uses Crystal Reports, and you want to
use BIRT to design new data-pull reports
Use case 1: Your existing ClearQuest
deployment uses Crystal Reports, and you want to continue to use Crystal Reports
to design new data-pull reports
In this scenario, you have a version
of ClearQuest earlier than 7.1 deployed that uses Business Objects Crystal
Reports to design and run data-push reports, and you want to continue to leverage
Crystal Reports to design new data-pull 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
1.
Report management options:- To manage data-push report formats, use the ClearQuest for Windows client
with the Crystal Reports Designer.
- To manage and 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:
- Report Server for ClearQuest
- Report Server for Crystal Reports
Table 1. Software configurations
that support Crystal Reports traditional data-push reportsClearQuest client |
Client and server software configurations |
ClearQuest Client and ClearQuest Client for Eclipse |
Two options for running traditional data-push reports:- To run data-push reports on the client:
- Download and install the Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC).
The RDC is available to licensed IBM Rational ClearQuest users as a free download
from the Business Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
- To run data-push reports on the ClearQuest change-management server:
|
ClearQuest Web client |
- You can run data-push reports on the ClearQuest change-management server
by performing the following tasks:
|
ClearQuest for Windows client |
- On the client:
- Install the Crystal Reports Report Design Component (RDC), which is available
to licensed IBM Rational ClearQuest users as a free download from the Business
Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.
- To maintain and create new Crystal Reports report formats for the data-push
model, you must purchase a license for Crystal Reports version 11 release
2 from Business
Objects.
|
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Use case 2: Either you have a new ClearQuest
deployment, or your existing deployment does not have any saved data-push
reports and you want to design new data-pull reports
In this scenario,
either you have a new ClearQuest deployment, or you have a version of ClearQuest
earlier than 7.1 deployed that does not have any saved data-push reports and
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 Server for ClearQuest, which is an optional
subcomponent when you install ClearQuest using the IBM Installation Manager.
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Use case 3: Your existing ClearQuest
deployment uses Crystal Reports, and you want to use BIRT to design new 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 traditional
data-push reports, and you want to use the BIRT Report Designer and runtime
engine to design new data-pull reports.
Recommendation:
- Purchase one or more licenses for Crystal Reports version 11 release 2.
- To run traditional data-push reports, use the client and server software
configurations described in Table
1.
- To design new reports, use BIRT with the ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
- (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 change-management server, install the Report Server
for ClearQuest, which is an optional subcomponent when you install ClearQuest
by using the IBM Installation Manager.
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