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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