Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
1
IBM Rational ClearQuest – What’s New!
Marty Levesque ClearQuest Product Manager
2
Agenda Introduction Overall Vision/Theme 7.0 to 7.0.1 Highlights
Since RSDC 2006 7.0.1 Highlights Notable features and projects to highlight The Road Ahead Post 7.0.1
3
ClearQuest Vision and Theme
Deliver a highly consumable and usable application that meets the business needs of any size organization, whether local or distributed Embrace new technologies and leverage the best of breed from within <more?>
4
ClearQuest V7.0 Information Center
Since RSDC 2006 ClearQuest V7.0 Information Center InfoCenters are IBM hosted sites for on-line help. Based on IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS) Provides vastly improved advanced searching capabilities ClearQuest InfoCenter :
5
ClearQuest V7.0 Performance Benchmarks
Since RSDC 2006 ClearQuest V7.0 Performance Benchmarks Benchmarks V (SR5) versus V7.0 Hardware configurations CQPerl API ClearQuest Web Java ClearQuest MultiSite Available on developerWorks For more details on Performance Benchmarks join us in the CQ Performance BoF! <insert date/time>
6
Since RSDC 2006 ClearQuest V7.0.0.1 Updates Windows Vista Support
Internet Explorer 7.0 Support ClearQuest Test Manager (CQTM) Robot Adaptor Remote Execution of Test (RFT Caspian) Submit Defect while reviewing Test Log Citrix/WTS support Daylight Savings Time (DST) fixes 7.0.x.x Platform Support Technote # :
7
Notable ClearQuest V7.0.1 Highlights
Performance, performance, performance!! Web logon improvements Optimized ‘Find Record’ Support for multiple Request Managers ‘New’ Web UIs - Eclipse Improvements to Result Set Reference Nodes Enterprise level database OEM bundle DB2 V9.1 Enterprise Edition: Windows, UNIX, Linux and System z support Workspace ACLs on all folders Feature Level 6 upgrade Web security improvements Restricted Mode Enhancement Disable Persistent Cookies And many more!
8
Multiple Request Manager Support!
Sample CSM.PROPERTIES Configuration: ###Set NUMBER_OF_REQUEST_MANAGERS to a number less than or equal to the number of ###physical CPUs available on the machine. This property defines the number of ###Request Manager processes that will be started. ### ###By default a value equal to the number of physical CPUs present on the machine is used. ###In order to set a custom value, uncomment the property and set the value that is less than ###or equal to the number of physical CPUs. If an invalid value is specified, a default value ###that is less than or equal to the number of physical CPUs is used. NUMBER_OF_REQUEST_MANAGERS=4 Allows for server consolidation Leverages individual CPUs for optimal performance and reliability For more details please join us in the CQ Performance BoF! <insert date/time> One example might be 2 x Dual Core CPUs
9
‘New’ Web User Interfaces!
Click Record type selector Improve the response time by delaying the loading of CQ record types during the logon process New Record type select dialog box
10
New ClearQuest Workspace ACLs on Folders!
Permissions assigned by Group Folder ACL Permissions values Access Control List Change-Permission – can modify the ACL Folder and Sub Folders access Read-Only, Read-Write, Read-Only, Read-Limited and No-Access New folders inherit parent ACL dynamically until you create an ACL Can not see a folder if you can’t see the parent For more detail please join me in the CQ Workspace Pruning BoF! <insert date/time> Read-Limited Permission Change
11
Enhanced Web Security Improvements!
New Site Configuration setting allowing Restricted Users to modify records when in restricted mode New Site Configuration setting allowing admins to disable persistent cookies
12
ClearQuest V7.0.1 Availability
Downloads (eGA) June 28, 2007? Media Requests (pGA) <insert date>
13
The Road Ahead Upcoming notable projects coming to a release near you!
New ClearQuest Web 2.0 client New ClearQuest Full-Text Search New ClearQuest Designer New Reporting capabilities Other notable efforts underway Out of the box Application Lifecycle Management Schema Password encryption strengthening New ClearQuest CLI Many new platforms being supported Continued efforts to harden security Continued effort to “port” more features on the web
14
New ClearQuest Web 2.0 Client!
Based on Web 2.0 technology stack: Copy / Paste and Drag / Drop New concept for Favorites Full sorting of the result set Multiple row select, including batch update Web taskbar Query Wizard Multiple form display And much more! Ajax isn’t a technology. It’s really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways. Ajax incorporates: standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS; dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model; data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT; asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest; and JavaScript binding everything together. The classic web application model works like this: Most user actions in the interface trigger an HTTP request back to a web server. The server does some processing — retrieving data, crunching numbers, talking to various legacy systems — and then returns an HTML page to the client. It’s a model adapted from the Web’s original use as a hypertext medium, but as fans of The Elements of User Experience know, what makes the Web good for hypertext doesn’t necessarily make it good for software applications. This approach makes a lot of technical sense, but it doesn’t make for a great user experience. While the server is doing its thing, what’s the user doing? That’s right, waiting. And at every step in a task, the user waits some more. Obviously, if we were designing the Web from scratch for applications, we wouldn’t make users wait around. Once an interface is loaded, why should the user interaction come to a halt every time the application needs something from the server? In fact, why should the user see the application go to the server at all? How Ajax is Different An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by introducing an intermediary — an Ajax engine — between the user and the server. It seems like adding a layer to the application would make it less responsive, but the opposite is true. Instead of loading a webpage, at the start of the session, the browser loads an Ajax engine — written in JavaScript and usually tucked away in a hidden frame. This engine is responsible for both rendering the interface the user sees and communicating with the server on the user’s behalf. The Ajax engine allows the user’s interaction with the application to happen asynchronously — independent of communication with the server. So the user is never staring at a blank browser window and an hourglass icon, waiting around for the server to do something. Every user action that normally would generate an HTTP request takes the form of a JavaScript call to the Ajax engine instead. Any response to a user action that doesn’t require a trip back to the server — such as simple data validation, editing data in memory, and even some navigation — the engine handles on its own. If the engine needs something from the server in order to respond — if it’s submitting data for processing, loading additional interface code, or retrieving new data — the engine makes those requests asynchronously, usually using XML, without stalling a user’s interaction with the application. 14
15
New ClearQuest Full-Text Search!
Enhance both Consumability and Usability Add searching on Workspace items Text searches across records (and attachments) Align with commonly used search engines Lower TCO: Reduces training costs Uses industry standard search terms and not SQL statements Extensible Plug-and-play your own search engine Search not limited to ClearQuest data Support industry standard protocols SOAP, SOA, etc… Near real-time searching Administrator can configure indexing frequency Support multiple languages Globalization – IBM Group 1
16
New ClearQuest Designer!
Based on Eclipse technology for the enterprise: Cross-Platform support Parallel development Compare/Merge Support for multiple schema development Drop and Drop capabilities across schemas Built-in EPIC Perl IDE Version history SCM Versioning And much more! Error Visualization Schema Compare/Merge
17
Data fields from CQ Query
New Reporting! Provide a complete, multi-platform, out of the box reporting and report authoring solution Ability to report across multiple record types Ability to report across multiple data sources Change reporting paradigm from a data push to a data pull Support integration with enterprise reporting applications Actuate Business Objects Data fields from CQ Query Add fields to Table
18
Questions?
19
Thank You! Marty Levesque
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com Inc.
All rights reserved.