Tool Mentor: Viewing
the History of a Defect Using Rational ClearQuest
Purpose
This tool mentor describes how the Rational ClearQuest administrator can set
up the ClearQuest defect form to include a History control that enables ClearQuest
users to view and track the history of defects.
This section provides links to additional information related to this tool mentor.
Overview
Records move through a lifecycle, from submission toward resolution. In ClearQuest,
each stage in this lifecycle is a "state", and each movement from
one state to another is called a "state transition".
Within the ClearQuest client, you can view the history of a record. This history
of a record includes the date actions occurred (such as moving to the next state
or making a modification), the user name, the action name, the old state, and
the new state.
1. Viewing the History of a Defect
The Rational ClearQuest administrator can customize the ClearQuest schema to
display the history of records.
See ClearQuest
Designer online Help > Contents and Index > Working with Schemas >.
The View History command displays the changes in the state of a record and
the dates on which the changes occurred. The contents of the View History dialog
are read-only.
To view the history of a record, a user performs these steps:
- Run a query that includes the record.
- In the Result set tab, select the record.
- From the menu bar, choose View > History.
- To close the dialog, click .
2. Adding a History Control to a ClearQuest record form
ClearQuest Designer enables the ClearQuest administrator to create customized
forms for submitting, viewing, and modifying records.
See ClearQuest
Designer online Help > Contents and Index > Working with Record Forms.
The ClearQuest administrator can include a history control on a form to display
the state transitions of the record.
- Check out the schema
See ClearQuest
Designer online Help > Contents and Index > Working with Schemas
> Checking out a Schema.
- Add a history control to the form
See ClearQuest
Designer online Help > Contents and Index > Working with Forms >
Creating and Modifying Forms > Working with Form Controls > Adding Controls
to a Form.
- Check in the schema
See ClearQuest Designer
online Help topics:
- > Contents and Index > Working with Schemas
> Checking in a Schema
- > Contents and Index > Working with Schemas
> Validating Schema Changes
- Upgrade the databases
See ClearQuest
Designer online Help > Contents and Index > Managing Databases.
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