Create a schema repository

To create a schema repository:

1. Click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > IBM Rational ClearQuest > ClearQuest Maintenance Tool .
2. In the Maintenance Tool, click Schema Repository > Create. The Maintenance Tool prompts you to supply a name for the new connection. A connection identifies a schema repository and all user databases associated with the schemas stored in that schema repository.
3. Enter sample_schema_repo as the connection name.
4. In the Schema Repository Properties area, leave the Vendor field set to MS_ACCESS. This tutorial uses Microsoft Access as the underlying database management system because it is available to all customers and does not require additional configuration.

   Click ... next to the Physical Database Name field. The Select Microsoft Access Database window opens. Enter sample_schema_repo.mdb in the File name field. By default, the Maintenance Tool stores the physical database in the Rational® ClearQuest® installation directory. Click Open and then click Next. The Maintenance Tool reminds you that the file name you specified is not in a shared directory and asks if you want to continue. Click Yes.

5. The Maintenance Tool prompts you to set the data code page for the schema repository. Code pages identify the character set that can be used on a computer or in an application. The Maintenance Tool determines the code page of the operating system of your computer, and offers you the choice of that code page or the ASCII character set. Accept the default value and click Next.
6. When you create a schema repository, the Maintenance Tool can create a sample user database that includes sample change request records. You will create a user database in another exercise, so clear the Create sample database check box. Click Finish.