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Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Using the HCL Compass Client
Use the HCL Compass Client to submit, modify, and track change requests and to analyze project progress.
Viewing query results in reports
Designing data-pull reports
The data-pull model allows reporting systems like Business Intelligence and Report Tools (BIRT) to configure data sources and pull data from these sources when the report is run. This approach provides significant flexibility by letting you create reports that use multiple data sources and multiple data sets, and by letting you store and manage reports using an enterprise reporting server.
Data-pull report design using BIRT
You can use the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer to design data-pull reports for HCL Compass data sources. You must configure BIRT with the HCL Compass Reporting Driver before you can use it to report on HCL Compass data sources.
Using script undeployBIRT.bat/sh
How to run the undeployBIRT.bat/sh script to undeploy the birt.war for Windows, Linux and Unix systems.

Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
- Using your HCL Compass Web client
  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.
- Using the HCL Compass Client
  Use the HCL Compass Client to submit, modify, and track change requests and to analyze project progress.
  - Connection management
  - Organizing and navigating the workspace
  - Using records to store change requests
  - Adding attachments to records to store additional information
  - Using queries to find records
  - Viewing query results in reports
    - About data-pull and data-push reporting models
    - Designing data-pull reports
      The data-pull model allows reporting systems like Business Intelligence and Report Tools (BIRT) to configure data sources and pull data from these sources when the report is run. This approach provides significant flexibility by letting you create reports that use multiple data sources and multiple data sets, and by letting you store and manage reports using an enterprise reporting server.
      - Data-pull report design using BIRT
        You can use the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer to design data-pull reports for HCL Compass data sources. You must configure BIRT with the HCL Compass Reporting Driver before you can use it to report on HCL Compass data sources.
        Using the BIRT Report Designer
        This topic describes how to use the BIRT Report Designer to design data-pull reports.
        Using BIRT v4.6
        You can use the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer v4.6 to design data-pull reports for HCL Compass data sources.
        Using script undeployBIRT.bat/sh
        How to run the undeployBIRT.bat/sh script to undeploy the birt.war for Windows, Linux and Unix systems.
      - Dynamic query use in building data-pull reports
        HCL Compass lets you construct queries with dynamic filters that prompt for parameter values at runtime. However, when you use dynamic queries to build data-pull reports, you must use a workaround to achieve the IS_BETWEEN and IS_NOT_BETWEEN operator behaviors.
      - Sample data-pull reports
        Sample data-pull reports created with BIRT are included on the distribution.
  - Using the Report Launcher
  - Analyzing query results in charts
  - Working with database replicas
- Using HCL Compass for Windows® client
  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.
- Using HCL Compass ALM
  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.

Using script undeployBIRT.bat/sh

How to run the undeployBIRT.bat/sh script to undeploy the birt.war for Windows, Linux and Unix systems.

About this task

Procedure

Find the scripts stored for Windows, Linux and Unix systems at:

Windows

<cqhome>\reports\launcher\birt\undeployBIRT.bat Linux and the UNIX System: <cqhome>/reports/launcher/birt/undeployBIRT.sh

Linux and Unix

<cqhome>/reports/launcher/birt/undeployBIRT.sh

Running the script undeployBIRT.bat/sh:
- Run the script to undeploy birt.war runtime and also to list all the Enterprise Applications deployed.
Windows
- Edit the file 'undeployBIRT.bat', and verify that the variable WAS_PROFILE_PATH is set to file path for the target WebSphere profile.
- Open Command Prompt (CMD).
- cd to the directory that the BIRT undeploy script is stored (mentioned in step #1).
- Execute command: ‘undeployBIRT birt_war’
Linux and Unix
1. Open a terminal.
2. cd to the directory that the BIRT undeploy script is stored (mentioned in step #1).
3. Change the attributes for the shell scripts, for example chmod 777 *.sh
4. Execute command: ‘./undeployBIRT.sh birt_war’
The birt_war is the name of file you retrieved from BIRT runtime, it may be different from version to version. Provide the name of your file as the parameter to execute ‘undeployBIRT’ script.

If at any time you wish to undeploy BIRT through WAS Console, you must go to the WAS console (typically at http://server_host:12060/ibm/console ) and navigate to removing the BIRT application runtime from the Enterprise Applications list.

Usage

Windows

undeployBIRT.bat ^<no arguments^>
        Undeploy default "birt.war" file under default WebSphere Application Server profile.

undeployBIRT.bat ^<war_file^>
        Undeploy the passed BIRT WAR file under default WebSphere Application Server profile.

undeployBIRT.bat -list
        List all the applications deployed under default WebSphere Application Server profile.

Linux

undeployBIRT.sh <no arguments>"
        UnDeploy default \"birt_war\" file under default WebSphere Application Server Profile

undeployBIRT.sh <war_file>"
        UnDeploy the passed BIRT WAR file under default WebSphere Application Server Profile.

undeployBIRT.sh -list"
        List all the applications deployed under default WebSphere Application Server.