With the integration of IBM® Rational® RequisitePro® and IBM Rational ClearQuest®, you can associate Rational RequisitePro requirements with Rational ClearQuest records. For example, you can associate enhancement requests and defects in Rational ClearQuest with requirements in Rational RequisitePro.
You can also create Rational ClearQuest requirement records from Rational RequisitePro requirements. These records serve as representatives or "proxies" for the Rational RequisitePro requirements and contain the requirement tag, name, text, type, revision, and change date as read-only data. You can use these Rational ClearQuest requirements to make associations to other Rational ClearQuest records, such as defects and enhancement requests. You can use Rational ClearQuest queries and reporting tools to view the requirement associations. Association information is also stored with the requirements in Rational RequisitePro, allowing you to view associations in an Attribute Matrix and navigate from a Rational RequisitePro requirement to a Rational ClearQuest requirement or to any associated record.
You can access associated requirements and records from any Rational RequisitePro or Rational ClearQuest client that is configured for the integration. You are only required to log on to each application once during each session.
If you add the Rational ClearQuest Test Manager integration, you can configure it to associate Rational RequisitePro requirements with Rational ClearQuest test plans and test cases. This integration enables you to associate test artifacts with requirements in both tools and to view test coverage in a Rational RequisitePro Attribute Matrix and in Rational ClearQuest query results.
The integration uses an Rational Administrator project to associate a Rational RequisitePro project and a Rational ClearQuest user database. Rational RequisitePro requirement types must be configured with Rational ClearQuest integration attributes; Rational ClearQuest records must be configured to reference the Rational Administrator project and requirements.
The Rational RequisitePro project templates contain the required attributes for feature requirements, use cases, and software requirements. The Rational ClearQuest Enterprise schema includes the required components for integrating Rational RequisitePro requirements with enhancement requests, defects, test plans, test cases, configured test cases and Rational ClearQuest requirements. You can customize both products to modify the associated types or integrate additional types.
You can run the integration wizard on a Rational Administrator project to implement sample or custom integrations or test an existing integration.
When associating Rational RequisitePro requirements with Rational ClearQuest records in a Rational ClearQuest MultiSite environment, a remote Rational ClearQuest database replica may have mastership of some Rational ClearQuest records. Users who are logged in to the remote replica can associate a record with a Rational ClearQuest requirement. After replication, the association information is added to the Rational RequisitePro project during a scheduled batch refresh operation.
When working in a Rational RequisitePro project that is integrated with a user database, you must use a character set that corresponds to the Rational ClearQuest data code page setting for the schema repository. For example, fonts that are supported in Rational RequisitePro might not be supported by the Rational ClearQuest code page. To avoid problems with different character sets, see your Rational ClearQuest administrator.
For more information about configuring and using this integration, see the help in Let's Go Rational RequisitePro and in Rational Administrator. In Rational Administrator, right-click a project that includes an associated Rational RequisitePro project and Rational ClearQuest database; then click RequisitePro-ClearQuest Integration. In the integration wizard, click Help.
For information about Rational ClearQuest Test Manager, see Getting started with Rational ClearQuest Test Manager.