Use the Rational® Adapter
for HP ALM web application to create an IBM® Rational ClearQuest® defect record. Then use the
adapter to associate a failed HP ALM test case with the defect.
Before you begin
These instructions apply only to ClearQuest web environments that are configured
with the OSLCLinks package. You can determine whether the OSLCLinks
package is applied to your schema by the availability of the Links tab
in a displayed record. The instructions assume that you configured
cross-server communication and project relationships between the ClearQuest web server and
the HP ALM web server, described in Technote 1580379.
About this task
You can create a ClearQuest defect
record and link a failed HP ALM test case to the defect by using the Rational Adapter for HP ALM.
A backlink from the defect to the test case is created as part of
the link process.
Procedure
- Using the Rational Adapter
for HP ALM web application, display the failed test case.
- Click Create on the toolbar of the Related
Defects section of the page. The Create
Link window opens.

- From the Project Association list,
select a project association (user database and schema repository).
Enter the required information on the ClearQuest record-creation template, and
click Save. The Create Link
window closes. In the Rational Adapter
for HP ALM web application, the link displays under the Related
Defects section.

A link is created in the test case and in the ClearQuest defect record.
- While you are viewing the test case in the Rational Adapter for HP ALM, move your mouse
pointer over the defect link. A summary of the defect
displays.
- Verify the link in the ClearQuest defect
record.
- Using the Rational Adapter
for HP ALM, click the defect link in the Related Defects section
of the test case. The record opens in the ClearQuest web client.
- Click the Links tab. See the
test case link under the Related Test Case heading
of the Links control.
- Optional: Verify the link in the test case. Using the Rational Adapter for HP ALM
web interface, click Launch HP ALM.