The integration of IBM® Rational® RequisitePro® and IBM Rational ClearQuest® lets you associate Rational RequisitePro requirements with Rational ClearQuest records. For example, you can associate enhancement requests and defects in Rational ClearQuest with requirements in Rational RequisitePro.
You can also create Rational ClearQuest requirement records from Rational RequisitePro requirements. These records serve as representatives or proxies for the Rational RequisitePro requirements and contain the requirement tag, name, text, type, revision, and change date as read-only data. You can use the Rational ClearQuest requirements to make associations to other Rational ClearQuest records, such as defects and enhancement requests. You can use Rational ClearQuest queries and reporting tools to view the requirement associations. Association information is also stored with the requirements in Rational RequisitePro, letting you view associations in an attribute matrix and navigate from a Rational RequisitePro requirement to a Rational ClearQuest requirement or to any associated record.
You can access associated requirements and records from any Rational RequisitePro or Rational ClearQuest client that is configured for the integration. You are only required to log on to each application once during a session.
The integration uses a Rational Administrator project to associate a Rational RequisitePro project and a Rational ClearQuest user database. Rational RequisitePro requirement types must be configured with Rational ClearQuest integration attributes; Rational ClearQuest records must be configured to reference the Rational Administrator project and requirements.
The Rational RequisitePro project templates contain the required attributes for feature requirements, use cases, and software requirements. The Rational ClearQuest Enterprise schema includes the required components for integrating Rational RequisitePro requirements with enhancement requests, defects, test plans, test cases, configured test cases and Rational ClearQuest requirements. You can customize both products to modify the associated types or integrate additional types.
You can run the integration wizard on a Rational Administrator project to implement sample or custom integrations or to test an existing integration.
See the Rational RequisitePro and Rational Administrator help for more information on configuring the integration. In Rational Administrator, right-click a project that includes an associated Rational RequisitePro project and Rational ClearQuest database and select RequisitePro-ClearQuest Integration. Click Help in the integration wizard.
When associating Rational RequisitePro requirements with Rational ClearQuest records in a Rational ClearQuest MultiSite environment, a remote database replica might have mastership of some records. Users logged on to the remote replica can associate a record with a Rational ClearQuest requirement. After replication, the association information is added to the Rational RequisitePro project during a scheduled batch refresh operation.
When working in a Rational RequisitePro project that is integrated with a user database, you must use a character set that corresponds to the Rational ClearQuest data code page setting for the schema repository. For example, fonts that are supported in Rational RequisitePro might not be supported by the Rational ClearQuest code page.