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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.
Using hooks to customize your workflow
This topic provides guidelines for using hooks to implement your workflow.
Record scripts
This topic explains the concept of HCL Compass Web client record scripts.
Editing record scripts
You can edit record scripts for a record type.

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.
  - 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.
    - Hooks
      This topic explains the concept of HCL Compass hooks.
    - Field hooks
      This topic explains the concept of a HCL Compass field hook.
    - Action hooks
      This topic explains the concept of a HCL Compass Web client action hook.
    - Execution order of field and action hooks
      Field and action hooks are run at predetermined times and in a predetermined order.
    - Record scripts
      This topic explains the concept of HCL Compass Web client record scripts.
      - Adding record scripts to record types
        You can add a record script to a record type from the Record Scripts folder in the Schema Repository Designer or with the Record Actions grid.
      - Editing record scripts
        You can edit record scripts for a record type.
      - Deleting record scripts
        You can delete record scripts for a record type, unless actions are associated with the script.
    - Global scripts
      This topic explains the concept of HCL Compass global scripts.
    - Writing external applications
      You can write an external application in VBScript or Perl to perform tasks against a HCL Compass database.
    - Using the HCL Compass API
      This topic provides an overview of the tasks you can perform with the HCL Compass Web client API.
    - Common API calls
      This topic lists the basic building blocks from which you can create hooks.
    - Finding text in hook scripts
      You can search for specific script text in your hooks. The search includes all hooks in the schema; you do not have to specify a particular hook.
  - 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.

Editing record scripts

You can edit record scripts for a record type.

Procedure

To edit a record script:

Start the Designer.
In the Schema Repository Explorer view, expand the Record Types orRecord Types - Stateless , and expand the desired record type.
Expand the Record Scripts folder until you see the record script you want to modify.
Double-click the script. .
Edit the record script. If this is a new script, type your code in place of this line:
```
REM added your hook code here
```
Close the script editor window.