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Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the HCL Compass Designer.
Developing Schemas
You can develop or modify schemas with the HCL Compass Designer.
Schemas and packages
This topic explains the concept of using schemas and packages in HCL Compass.
HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema
HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema is a full featured schema that ships with HCL Compass.

Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the HCL Compass Designer.
- Developing Schemas
  You can develop or modify schemas with the HCL Compass Designer.
  - Understanding the functions of the HCL Compass schema developer
    This topic provides an overview of the tasks typically performed by a schema developer.
  - Overview of the HCL Compass Designer interface
    The HCL Compass Designer includes several different windows, or views, that you will use to perform your schema development tasks.
  - HCL Compass schemas
    This topic explains the concept of a HCL Compass schema.
  - Customizing a schema
    To modify how change requests are handled, you need to use the Designer to customize the records and fields of a schema.
  - Schemas and packages
    This topic explains the concept of using schemas and packages in HCL Compass.
    - HCL Compass predefined schemas
      This topic lists the predefined schemas available with HCL Compass software.
    - HCL Compass Agile schema
      You can use the Compass Agile schema to follow agile project practices and product managers to track the project's progress.
    - HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema
      HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema is a full featured schema that ships with HCL Compass.
      - Kanban integration
        When using the EssentialSAFe agile schema, you can use Kanban to manage your project.
      - Analytics and Dashboards
        Business analytics and dashboard support is offered as part of a technical preview. Support will be provided on a best effort basis.
    - HCL Compass Requirement and Ideation schema
      You can use the Compass Requirements and Ideation schema to divide larger pieces of work into smaller pieces of work. This is especially helpful if multiple team members are working on a larger feature. Everybody will be able to manage their own work while still contributing to a larger, trackable body of work.
    - HCL Compass packages
      This topic describes the latest version of each HCL Compass package.
  - Packages and integrations
    This topic explains the concepts of HCL Compass packages and integrations.
  - Test Management and Requests
    You can use the Compass TestManagement and Requests feature to create and track test plans and add approval processes to the record.
  - Working with Forms
    You must create a record form for each record type in your schema. You can also define a submit form for each record type.
  - Creating a security model
    This topic provides an overview of the process to create a security model.
  - Using hooks to customize your workflow
    This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.
  - Record locking
    When multiple users attempt to simultaneously update a record, the database locking model ensures that the update from each user succeeds as a unit, but each update overwrites the previous update.
  - Customizing the Web
    The Designer provides many ways to customize the underlying schema and functionality that the HCL Compass Web client accesses.
  - HCL Compass email
    This topic provides a description of the supported HCL Compass Web client email features.
  - Importing and exporting data
    This topic describes how to import and export data between HCL Compass databases, and how to import data into a HCL Compass database from another defect tracking system.

HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema

HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema is a full featured schema that ships with HCL Compass.

The EssentialSAFe schema helps team follow Essential SAFe®. More information about SAFe can be found on the Scaled Agile Framework® website. SAFe and Scaled Agile Framework are registered trademarks of Scaled Agile, Inc

See the attached HCL Compass EssentialSAFe schema document to learn about the schema.