About the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports

The ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports is a new Web component that supports running both traditional data-push reports and new data-pull reports on a Web application server. If you use the Report Server for ClearQuest to run Crystal Reports data-pull reports that are stored on this server, the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports must be installed on the same computer.
Attention: In the current release, the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports is supported only on a subset of the platforms supported by Rational ClearQuest Web for running traditional data push reports. See technical note http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21216371.

Versions of ClearQuest earlier than 7.1 support running Crystal Reports data-push reports on the ClearQuest Client and ClearQuest Client for Eclipse by using the Crystal Reports runtime. ClearQuest version 7.1 introduces support for ClearQuest Client, ClearQuest Client for Eclipse, and ClearQuest Web users to run data-push reports on the Web application server by using the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports.

The ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports is an optional subcomponent when you install Rational ClearQuest Web. After installing the Report Server for Crystal Reports, you must update this Web component to include the required Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component (JRC) runtime support. The Crystal Reports JRC is available to licensed IBM Rational ClearQuest users as a free download from the Business Objects Web site at http://www.businessobjects.com/ibmrational.

The following figures provide examples of how you might configure the ClearQuest server components. You might decide to configure these components based on the server load, or your preference to have a dedicated WebSphere Application Server for reporting.

In the first figure, the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports and the Rational ClearQuest change management server reside in the same IBM Websphere Application Server instance.

This figure shows the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports, configured with the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component, in a box on the left. The ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports communicates with the ClearQuest change management server, represented by a box on the right. Both the ClearQuest Report Server for Crystal Reports and the ClearQuest change management server reside in a single WebSphere Application Server instance, represented by an outer box.

In the next figure, the Report Server for ClearQuest and the Rational ClearQuest change management server reside in separate WebSphere Application Server instances.

This figure shows two WebSphere Application Server instances; one on the left and another on the right. The WebSphere Application Server instance on the left contains the Report Server for Crystal Reports, configured with the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component. The WebSphere Application Server instance on the right contains the ClearQuest change management server. The Report Server for Crystal Reports communicates with the ClearQuest change management server.


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