Reporting on HCL Compass data sources
HCL Compass provides a flexible reporting solution to design and test reports with Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) that are configured with the Compass Reporting Driver. Users can share Compass reports with the Report Launcher for Compass Agile planning.
HCL Compass reporting features
- Support for data-pull reporting model
- HCL Compass supports data-pull reporting with BIRT. The data-pull model pulls data from data sources that are configured in the reporting tool.
- HCL Compass Reporting Driver
- The Compass Reporting Driver provides authenticated access to Compass data sources. The reporting driver partially implements the Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) API, which enables various reporting tools to access Compass data. The Reporting Driver is installed automatically with any Compass component. You must configure the reporting tools or environments that require access to Compass data with the Compass Reporting Driver. See Configuring the HCL Compass Reporting Driver.
- Report Launcher for Compass
- Report Launcher for HCL Compass is an installable server component and web interface that is included with Compass. Report Launcher enables reports to be shared on the server that is specified in the Report Launcher configuration file. The web interface provides a navigator to view and run reports on the file server. When you select a report, the report launcher starts the server BIRT runtime engine. Results display in the report viewer for the reporting tool. You must install the Report Launcher on the same HCL Compass Web server where the reporting tool runtime application for your reporting environment is installed, if using JNI based reports, utilizing the same connection names on the host as defined in your BIRT reports. Alternatively, reports on any Report Launcher host may access BIRT reports configured with CM data sources on any accessible ClearQuest Change Management Server host. See Deploying the Report Launcher for HCL Compass.
Changes in HCL Compass reporting environment
- Crystal Reports is no longer supported.
- Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Report Designer are no longer installed with the HCL Compass Client
- To design HCL Compass data-pull reports with BIRT, download and install BIRT reporting tools from the BIRT project. Then, configure them to use the HCL Compass Reporting Driver. See Configuring the HCL Compass Reporting Driver.