Reporting on Rational ClearQuest data sources

Rational® ClearQuest® provides a flexible reporting solution to design and test reports with Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) that are configured with the ClearQuest Reporting Driver. Users can share ClearQuest reports with the Report Launcher for ClearQuest or access reports from Rational Team Concert to facilitate Agile planning. Rational ClearQuest continues to support the data-push reporting model, but this model is deprecated.

Rational ClearQuest reporting features

Rational ClearQuest reporting features in Rational ClearQuest Web client and Rational ClearQuest Client include the following features.

Support for data-pull and data-push reporting models: Rational ClearQuest supports data-pull reporting with BIRT. The data-pull model pulls data from data sources that are configured in the reporting tool. The data-push model defines a report by specifying a query and a report format, both of which are stored in the Rational ClearQuest user database.
Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver: The ClearQuest Reporting Driver provides authenticated access to ClearQuest data sources. The reporting driver partially implements the Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) API, which enables various reporting tools to access ClearQuest data. The Reporting Driver is installed automatically with any ClearQuest component. You must configure the reporting tools or environments that require access to ClearQuest data with the ClearQuest Reporting Driver. See Configuring the Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
Report Launcher for ClearQuest: Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest is an installable server component and web interface that is included with ClearQuest. Report Launcher enables reports to be shared on the server that is specified in the Report Launcher configuration file. The web interface provides a navigator to view and run reports on the file server. When you select a report, the report launcher starts the server runtime engine for the associated reporting tool: Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT). Results display in the report viewer for the reporting tool. You must install the Report Launcher on the same Rational ClearQuest Web server where the reporting tool runtime application for your reporting environment is installed. See Deploying the Report Launcher for Rational ClearQuest.
View Rational ClearQuest reports in Rational Team Concert: Configure Rational Team Concert™ to use the Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver to view Rational ClearQuest reports that are created with BIRT reporting tools.

Changes in Rational ClearQuest reporting environment

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer are no longer installed with the Rational ClearQuest Client: To design Rational ClearQuest data-pull reports with BIRT, download and install BIRT reporting tools from the BIRT project. Then, configure them to use the Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver. See Configuring the Rational ClearQuest Reporting Driver.
Report Server for Rational ClearQuest is no longer available: The Report Server for ClearQuest used for managing and running Rational ClearQuest data-pull reports in ClearQuest version 7.1.x is no longer supported by the ClearQuest Client. Rational ClearQuest data-pull reports can be run and viewed from the Report Launcher for ClearQuest. To migrate existing reports in the Report Server for ClearQuest repository, use the Rational ClearQuest Report Exporter available from Download document 4029627.