Overview of packages

This module introduces the concept of packages. A package is a set of schema components that you can add to your schema to give it additional functionality. A package can include some or all of the following schema components:

• Record types
• Forms and form parts, such as tabs
• Field definitions and behaviors
• Hook code and global scripts
• Dynamic list names
• Schema validation tests
• Queries, charts, and reports

Rational® ClearQuest® provides two categories of packages:

• Integration packages. These packages enable you to integrate your Rational ClearQuest user database with another product. For example, you can integrate Rational ClearQuest with Rational ClearCase® so that you can trace a change request to the set of files that a developer creates or modifies to resolve the change request.
• Nonintegration packages. These packages add a function that has been found useful by many customers, such as the ability to send an automatic e-mail notification to team members when a user submits, modifies, or transitions a change request.

In this module, you will perform the following exercises: