About the base ClearCase schema and Rational ClearQuest user databases

With Rational® ClearQuest®, data is stored in schema repositories and user databases. A schema defines the types of records in the user database and other attributes of the user database. All Rational ClearQuest schemas are stored in a schema repository. The Rational ClearQuest user database stores your change request data.

The base ClearCase® schema package provides additional information in your Rational ClearQuest records to track associations with DevOps Code ClearCase versioned objects. To support associations between base ClearCase versions and Rational ClearQuest record types, the schema repository needs to have this schema package applied to selected record types. Then the target Rational ClearQuest user database must be updated to add the new fields provided by the package.

Your Rational ClearQuest user database may include different record types for different purposes. The record type used by the SAMPL Rational ClearQuest user database supplied with the base ClearCase integration with Rational ClearQuest is called a defect, but with the base ClearCase schema package installed, any change request record type can be used.