Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
HCL Compass Web is a browser-based interface to HCL Compass that runs on Windows, the UNIX system, and Linux. You can track defects and change requests in HCL Compass Web through this interface. When a session times out, you can re-authenticate and continue where you left off because the state of the user interface is retained.
You can use the List View or Tabbed View to view a record.
A HCL Compass database contains different types of records, as defined in the Designer. You can use different types of records for different projects and purposes. Each record type has unique fields and data requirements.
Change requests move through a life cycle from submission through resolution. Each stage in this life cycle is called a state, and each movement from one state to another is called a state transition.
A record type is the layout or format for a particular type of change request. It defines the actions, fields, forms, behaviors, and possibly the state information associated with a record. Each record type is associated with its own state model, forms, and hooks, which control the collection and viewing of data for that type of change request.
HCL Compass offers several methods to find records in your user database.
You can edit an existing record if at least one modify action is defined in the schema.
You can use the List View, Tabbed View and Customize List View functionality to customize how you view records.
The feature allows multiple forms to be used when working with a record.
Provides the capability to control the visibility of forms, tabs, and fields, and change focus to a specific form and tab when working with a record.
You can create and submit records for all the record types defined in the schema from the HCL Compass Web interface.
Provides the capability to send an email for individual records or a result set of rows in the Web client.
You can perform the same actions on multiple HCL Compass records in a query result set by using the multirecord update feature. For example, you can perform the Assign action to assign many defect records to the same person for the same iteration. You can use multirecord update to set the priority of multiple records to a single value.
If at least one delete action is defined in your schema for a specific record type, you can delete a record of that record type.
If two records are similar, you can place one in a Duplicate state. A record can be a duplicate of only one record, but it can have more than one duplicate. For example, Record A can be a duplicate of Record B, and Record C can be a duplicate of Record B.
You can revert a duplicate record to the state it was in before it was marked as a duplicate. Reverted records can be modified.
You can print records for hardcopy versions.
You can provide direct access to a database record by sending the URL by e-mail.
HCL Compass Web keeps a history of recently run records, queries, data-push reports, and traditional data-push charts during your current user session so that you can run them again.
You can create a bookmark in your browser for a record, query, data-push report, or data-push chart that you work with frequently.
You can create a HCL Compass Favorite for a record, query, traditional data-push report, or traditional data-push chart that you work with frequently.
You can track the progress of development work associated with a record by viewing the UCM change set versions. You can also save the UCM change set versions to a text file.
HCL Compass Web keeps a history of the most recently accessed records only for your current user session so that you can easily view them again.
You can use Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) integrations to connect the work of all team members. Collaborative Lifecycle Management integrations with HCL Compass Web are also referred to as the HCL Compass Bridge.
Using the HCL Compass Web client, you can create Representational State Transfer (REST) Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to log on to your user database and perform common tasks. REST URIs provide a uniform interface to Web resources, letting you access data by using any HTTP client.
When you use the integration with HCL VersionVault Unified Change Management (UCM), HCL Compass records enabled for UCM provide current information about associated UCM activity.
Use the HCL Compass Client to submit, modify, and track change requests and to analyze project progress.
You can use HCL Compass to perform daily activities after the schema developer and administrator define and set up the schema, schema repository, and user database.
The application lifecycle management (ALM) packages and ALM schema provide out-of-the-box solutions for ensuring ALM best practices in your new or existing HCL Compass change management system.