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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.
Understanding your HCL Compass Web client
Logging on to HCL Compass Web
This topic explains how to log on to HCL Compass Web.

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.
  - Understanding your HCL Compass Web client
    - Enable JavaScript in Web browsers
      You must enable JavaScript in your Web browser to use HCL Compass Web client Web.
    - Schema repositories, user databases, and database sets
      This topic describes schema repositories and user databases.
    - Logging on to HCL Compass Web
      This topic explains how to log on to HCL Compass Web.
    - Customizing HCL Compass Web client
    - Understanding privileges and restrictions
  - Using records to store change requests
  - Adding attachments to records to store additional information
  - Using queries to find records
  - Viewing query results in reports
  - Analyzing query results in charts
  - Using integrations for Collaborative Lifecycle Management
    You can use Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) integrations to connect the work of all team members. Collaborative Lifecycle Management integrations with HCL Compass Web are also referred to as the HCL Compass Bridge.
  - Creating REST URIs to log on and perform common tasks
    Using the HCL Compass Web client, you can create Representational State Transfer (REST) Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) to log on to your user database and perform common tasks. REST URIs provide a uniform interface to Web resources, letting you access data by using any HTTP client.
  - HCL Compass records enabled for UCM
    When you use the integration with HCL VersionVault Unified Change Management (UCM), HCL Compass records enabled for UCM provide current information about associated UCM activity.
  - Working with database replicas
- 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.
- 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.

Logging on to HCL Compass Web

This topic explains how to log on to HCL Compass Web.

About this task

To log on to HCL Compass Web:

Procedure

Enter the following URL in a Web browser window:
http://CQWebServerHost/cqweb
where CQWebServerHost is the Web address of your HCL Compass Web server host, which you can obtain from your administrator.
In the Connect to HCL Compass dialog box, enter your HCL Compass Web client user ID and password in the User ID and Password fields, respectively.
Select a schema repository from the Repository list.
If you have more than one database subscription, you are prompted to select a database from the Database list.
If your user session times out, you can re-authenticate and then continue where you left off. The user interface state is preserved.