This module introduces the concept of packages. A package is a set of schema
components that you can add to your schema to give it additional functionality.
A package can include some or all of the following schema components:
- Record types
- Forms and form parts, such as tabs
- Field definitions and behaviors
- Hook code and global scripts
- Dynamic list names
- Schema validation tests
- Queries, charts, and reports
IBM Rational ClearQuest provides two categories of packages:
- Integration packages. These packages enable you to integrate your Rational® ClearQuest® user database
with another product. For example, you can integrate Rational ClearQuest with Rational ClearCase® so
that you can trace a change request to the set of files that a developer creates
or modifies to resolve the change request.
- Nonintegration packages. These packages add a function that has been found
useful by many customers, such as the ability to send an automatic e-mail
notification to team members when a user submits, modifies, or transitions
a change request.
In this module, you will perform the following exercises: