Using hooks to customize your workflow

This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.

You can use predefined hooks to implement your workflow. You can also use the Rational® ClearQuest® Application Programming Interface (API) to customize these predefined hooks, to write your own hooks, and to write external applications for performing tasks on a Rational ClearQuest database.

This information describes how to work with hooks and the Rational ClearQuest API.

For more information about the Rational ClearQuest API, see the Rational ClearQuest API Reference. The Rational ClearQuest API reference pages provide an online reference guide for all Rational ClearQuest API calls.
To learn about using hooks in the Web environment, see Using hooks in Rational ClearQuest Web
For an indexed list of sample hook scripts, go to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/4236.html. You can also get this list by going to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/clearquest and clicking Rational ClearQuest hooks index.