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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