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Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
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 queries to find records
Running and working with queries in the workspace
Running a query in the workspace
You can run any query in your Personal Queries folder or the Public Queries folder.

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.
- 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.
  - Understanding security and privileges
  - Working with databases
  - Modifying the user profile
  - Customizing the client and display settings
  - Using records to store change requests
  - Adding attachments to records to store additional information
  - Using queries to find records
    - About queries
      Queries are customized searches of a HCL Compass database.
    - About query filters
      Add filter definitions to queries to select only those database records that meet the criteria you define.
    - About creating queries
      There are several ways to create queries in the HCL Compass for Windows® client that accommodate the types of queries you want to create and your level of experience.
    - Using the Query wizard to find information
    - Using the Query and Display editors to find information
    - Editing the SQL properties of a query
      You must have the SQL Editor privilege. You must also have a solid knowledge of SQL and your underlying HCL Compass database before editing the SQL properties of a query. After you modify the SQL properties, you can no longer edit the query from the HCL Compass user interface.
    - Printing and exporting result sets
    - Running and working with queries in the workspace
      - Running a query in the workspace
        You can run any query in your Personal Queries folder or the Public Queries folder.
      - Configuring a query, report, or chart to run at startup
        You can configure one or more queries, reports, or charts to run each time you log on to a HCL Compass database.
      - Exporting a query
        You can export a query to your file system. This feature is useful for transferring queries from one database to another and for sharing queries with others.
      - Importing a query
        You can import a query to your workspace. This operation is useful for transferring queries to another database.
  - Viewing query results in reports
  - Analyzing query results in charts
  - Working with database replicas
- 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.

Running a query in the workspace

You can run any query in your Personal Queries folder or the Public Queries folder.

About this task

To run a query in the workspace:

Procedure

Locate the query in the workspace and perform one of the following actions:
- Double-click the query.
- Select the query, right-click it, and select Run.
- Select the query and clickRun Query on the HCL Compass Toolbar.
- Select the query and click Query > Run.
If the query has one or more dynamic filters, you are prompted to define the filter criteria.
If you do not define these criteria, the filter is ignored when you run the query.

Results

The query results appear on the Result set page of the Query window, formatted according to the result-set display specifications. Click a record in the result-set grid to view it in the record form below.

Databases that containing change request and defect information can change frequently. To rerun a query and update the result-set grid, click Run Query on theHCL Compass toolbar.

New records with security context that are created after you establish your database connection are not visible in your current session. The records visible in a user session are determined by the security settings in effect at login time. To view a new record with security context, you must refresh your database connection by closing the current database session and establishing a new one.