IBM Rational ClearQuest - Schema Admin - Part 1

Course information

IBM Rational ClearQuest

A one-day, hands-on class for any administrator planning to create a ClearQuest implementation or planning to edit an existing ClearQuest implementation.

This training course is split into multiple sessions, the module descriptions below reflect the content of the entire course and will not all be delivered within this session.

IBM Rational ClearQuest Schema Admin Public Training Course Outline

Prerequisites

• Completion of ClearQuest Fundamentals course or equivalent experience of ClearQuest is required.
• Previous experience of database administration would be helpful.

Contents

CQB-01 Defect and Change Tracking

• Understand Generic Defects and change tracking
• Defect tracking process model
• Implementing tips

CQB-01 Lab

• Plan and design a process for defects in ClearQuest

CQB-02 ClearQuest Infrastructure

Structure of ClearQuest

• Schemas and databases

• ClearQuest Designer

CQB-02 Lab

• Using the ClearQuest toolset

CQB-03 Schemas

• Predefined schemas
• Schema elements
• Creating / Modifying schemas
• Planning and Adding Packages

CQB-03 Lab

• Create a new schema
• Add packages to the schema

CQB-04 Users and Groups

• Administering user accounts in ClearQuest
• Creating new user accounts
• modifying user attributes
• Adding new groups
• Controlling action execution permissions of a particular group
• Viewing user and group subscriptions

CQB-04 Lab

• Create new users in the schema
• Create new groups in the schema

CQB-05 Records

• State and Stateless record types
• Record type families
• Creating record types
• Renaming and deleting record types

CQB-05 Lab

• Create new record types in the schema

CQB-06 Fields and behaviour

• Fields
• Field data types
• Field behaviour
• Renaming fields
• Linking records

CQB-06 Lab

• Define fields in the schema

CQB-07 State Transition Models

• States
• State transition matrix
• State types
• Actions

CQB-07 Lab

• Define states in the schema
• Define actions in the schema

CQB-08 Forms

• Forms & user interface design
• Controls
• Resizing forms
• Export/Import forms
• Tabs

CQB-08 Lab

• Create new forms in the schema
• Add fields to the new forms

CQB-09 Security Context

• Security on Groups
• Security on records

CQB-09 Lab

• Apply security to a test database for the schema

CQB-10 Hooks and Scripts

• Field hooks
• Action hooks
• Record scripts
• Global scripts
• Session objects

CQB-10 Lab

• Create hooks in the schema

CQB-11 Validation and Testing

• Test user db
• Testing schemas

CQB-11 Lab

• Test and fix inconsistencies in the schema

CQB-12 Installation & Set-up

• Database configuration
• Setting up a license server
• Installing ClearQuest on the server
• Installing ClearQuest on the client machines
• Installing and configuring ClearQuest Web

CQB-12 Lab

• Create schema repository for a project
• Create and test a new database