User databases

A user database in HCL Compass is a collection of user data for one process model. You associate each user database with a specific version of a schema stored in the schema repository. The schema defines the way the data is stored and changed in that database (that is, the database is an instance of a schema). Users change data in the databases when they add or modify information about change requests, but these changes have no effect on the schema.

User databases contain a record for each change request. As the change request moves through its lifecycle, the data stored in this record changes accordingly.

You can create and associate multiple databases with a single schema. For example, if you have three projects that use the same process model for correcting defects, you could create one database for each project and associate all three with the same schema.