Getting started with Rational ClearQuest administration and schema development
To start any of the applications in Rational® ClearQuest®, click and the name of the application such as the Designer, Maintenance Tool, User Administration and Import Tool. These tools are only accessible from the Rational ClearQuest for Windows client. The Export Tool, however, is accessible from either the Rational ClearQuest Client or the Rational ClearQuest Client for Eclipse.
If you have just installed Rational ClearQuest, you can log on by entering admin as the user name, leaving the password field blank, and clicking OK.
- Help for Administrator
Includes information for using the Maintenance Tool, Designer, User Administration and the E-Mail Reader.
- Customizing a schema
Includes information for using the Designer, Import Tool, and Export Tool.
Setting a password for your administrative account
When you first install Rational ClearQuest, you are provided with a default admin account with Super User privileges that you can use to access all of the Rational ClearQuest administrative tools, including the Designer, the Maintenance Tool, Import and Export Tools. However, this default admin account allows a logon without requiring a password.
For security reasons, use the User Administration Tool to set a password for this default admin account.
For more information, see Administering users in the Administering Rational ClearQuest online help.
Toolbars, palettes, menus, and shortcuts
Most of the Rational ClearQuest administrative tools, other than the Designer, display their primary tool icons and controls in a single window.
The Designer, however, provides a wide range of features that are accessed through toolbars, palettes, dynamic menus, and keyboard shortcuts that are not always visible. Before you begin performing administrative activities, you should become familiar with the features used to navigate and perform actions in the Designer.
Using toolbars
The Designer has two toolbars:
- The main toolbar includes icons for some of the more commonly used menu options, such as opening a schema, checking schemas in and out, and upgrading a database.
- The Form Layout toolbar includes icons for aligning controls on a form.
Using palettes
The Designer provides two palettes for creating controls and adding them to forms:
- Control palette: Use to add specific controls to the form.
- Field List palette: Use to add specific fields (along with a default control) to the form.
Using menus
Most of the features and commands in the Designer are available from the program's pull-down menus. Menu options are dynamic and change as you use different features in the Designer. For example, when viewing a form, the Edit and View menus change and new menus appear that apply to the form.
Using the pop-up menu
To display a pop-up menu for the clicked item, right-click a cell in a grid, a form control, an error message in the Validation Output window, or an item in the Workspace. Some menu options, as well as time-saving features, are included only on the pop-up menu. For example, setting the default record type can only be done from the record type's pop-up menu.
Using keyboard shortcut and mouse actions
The Designer includes the following keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions
| Keys | Results |
|---|---|
| File menu | |
| Ctrl + O | Displays the Open Schema Wizard. |
| Ctrl + K | Displays the Check Out window. |
| Ctrl + I | Validates the schema and displays the Check In window. |
| Ctrl + U | Undoes the schema checkout and removes it from the Designer. |
| Ctrl + D | Validates schema changes. |
| Ctrl + P | Displays the Print window. |
| Edit menu | |
| Ctrl + X | Deletes the selected item. |
| Ctrl + C | Copies the selected item from the active window and places it onto the Clipboard. |
| Ctrl + V | Pastes the last item placed on the clipboard into the active window. |
| Ctrl + R | Displays the Properties window for the selected item. |
| Del | Deletes the selected item. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undoes previous action. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right | Distributes horizontal distance evenly between selected controls. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down | Distributes vertical distance evenly between selected controls. |
| F9 | Aligns the vertical centers of selected controls. |
| Shift +F9 | Aligns the horizontal centers of selected controls. |
| Form layout menu | |
| F7 | Sets the size of a control based on its content. |
| Ctrl + Left arrow | Aligns the left side of selected controls. |
| Ctrl + Right arrow | Aligns the right side of selected controls. |
| Ctrl + Up arrow | Aligns the tops of selected controls. |
| Ctrl + Down arrow | Aligns the bottoms of selected controls. |
| Ctrl + E | Sets the height and width of selected controls to the same size. |
| Keyboard accelerators | |
| F1 | Displays Help for the selected item or active window. |
| Right arrow | Expands the selected item. |
| Left arrow | Collapses the selected item. |
| Keypad * | Expands all branches for the selected item. |
| Keypad + | Expands the selected item. |
| Keypad - | Collapses the selected item. |
| Down arrow | Moves to the next row in a grid or the next item in the Workspace. |
| Up arrow | Moves to the previous row in a grid or the previous item in the Workspace. |
| Left arrow | Moves one cell to the left in a grid. |
| Right arrow | Moves one cell to the right in a grid. |
| Ctrl + click | Select nonadjacent items, such as cells in a grid. |
| Mouse action | |
|---|---|
| Double-click | A cell in a grid or a form control to display the Properties window, if available. |
| Drag and drop | A field from the Field list window to a form control. |
| Right-click | A cell in a grid, a form control, an error message in the Validation Output window, or an item in the Workspace to display a pop-up menu for the clicked item. |