Rational Quality Manager and Rational Test Lab Manager 2.0.1.1 iFix4 - Release Notes

Important: Reporting Documentation updates


Fixed APARs

The 2.0.1.1 iFix 004 APARS query shows the APARs fixed in this release, in addition to the APARs and defects that were addressed in 2.0.1 iFix1, 2.0.1 iFix2, 2.0.1 iFix3, 2.0.1 iFix4, 2.0.1 iFix5 , 2.0.1.1, 2.0.1.1 iFix1,  2.0.1.1 iFix2, and 2.0.1.1 iFix3.

Defect fixes

The Workitems fixed in "2.0.1.1 iFix 4" query shows the defects fixed in this release. iFix4 also includes the fixes made available in the previous iFixes and fix packs.

Reporting Documentation updates

Note: These reporting updates were made in iFix02 but could still be relevant if you have upgraded from an earlier version or have not yet applied these changes.

Upgrade of ETL for IFIX2

Note: These ETL updates include the Delta ETL improvements for performance of running ETLs. If you do not require these updates then you can skip this step.

This will replace the existing data movement task 'RQMAll' with a new data movement task of the same name which performs delta updates by default. An additional data movement task 'RQMAll_FullLoad' will be added which can be used in the event a full load of the data warehouse is required.  The package to import is 'rqm-etl'. For additional information about deploying updated ETLs, see Importing the Rational Quality Manager packages.

Migration of XDC files for IFIX2

Note: If you have not updated your ETLs in iFix02 then you you can skip this step.

Note: If you previously migrated your XDC files when you installed iFix02 or iFix03, you should still perform step 5 to ensure that the XDC driver generates the correct URL to load just the delta updates instead of the full loads.

IMPORTANT: Do not overwrite old XDC with new XDC. Update must be performed with XDC tool.

  1. Back up the XDC files that are included with Rational Common Reporting located in directory ([Rational_Common_Reporting_installation_directory]\dataconfig\configs )
  2. Open the XML Data Configuration tool, and then open the data warehouse XDC file at the following path: [Rational_Common_Reporting_installation_directory]\dataconfig\configs\Configurations\rqm.xdc
  3. Import the new data warehouse rqm.xdc file located at the following path: [Rational_Quality_Manager_installation_directory]\server\cognos\deployment\xdc\Configurations\rqm.xdc by clicking File > Import, browsing to the file, and selecting Merge attributes of elements with matching identifiers.
  4. Click OK. You might get warnings during the import process, as many of the elements in the source file already exist in the file that is being imported.
  5. Change the URL Type for each Resource Group to "Data service".
    1. Expand XML Data Configuration/Resources/RationalQualityManager/ResourceGroupName. The default resource group name is RQM. If you have multiple projects, find one resource group for each project.
    2. Double-click each resource group to open its editor.
    3. Set the value for the "URL type" drop down box to "Data service" for each resource group and save each editor.
  6. Modify the configurations for each resource 'Relative path' as indicated below.
    1. Expand XML Data Configuration > Resources > RationalQualityManager > Resource Group Name. The default resource group name is RQM.
    2. Double-click each resource to open its general information. Set the value of the 'Relative path' as indicated below for each resource.


      3. Resource name Relative path
      ExecutionResult /executionresult?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&calmlinks=true&richtext=false&nosteps=true
      TestCase /testcase?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&calmlinks=true&aliases=true&richtext=false
      TestPlan /testplan?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&calmlinks=true&aliases=true&richtext=false&includeTestPlanPhases=true
      TestScript /testscript?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&nosteps=true
      TestSuite /testsuite?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&richtext=false

  7. Save the updated XDC file.
  8. Next, update the live XDC file.
  9. Using the XML Data Configuration tool, open the data warehouse XDC file at the following path: [Rational_Common_Reporting_installation_directory]\dataconfig\configs\live data config\rqm.xdc
  10. Expand XML Data Configuration > Resources > Resource Group Name. The default resource group name is RQM.
  11. Expand the resource 'TestScript'. Right click on 'TestScriptStepLookup' and select delete. This step is required to prevent a conflict when performing the import which follows.
  12. Import the new data warehouse rqm.xdc file located at the following path: [Rational_Quality_Manager_installation_directory]\server\cognos\deployment\xdc\live data config\rqm.xdc by clicking File > Import, browsing to the file, and selecting Merge attributes of elements with matching identifiers.
  13. Click OK. You might get warnings during the import process, as many of the elements in the source file already exist in the file that is being imported.
  14. Modify the configurations for each resource 'Relative path' as indicated below.
    1. Expand XML Data Configuration > Resources > Resource Group Name. The default resource group name is RQM.
    2. Double-click each resource to open its general information. Set the value of the 'Relative path' as indicated below for each resource.

      Resource name Relative path
      ExecutionResult /executionresult?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&richtext=false&nosteps=true
      TestCase /testcase?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&richtext=false
      TestPlan /testplan?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&richtext=false
      TestScript /testscript?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&nosteps=true
      TestSuite /testsuite?metadata=UUID&abbreviate=false&richtext=false

  15. Save the updated XDC file.

Updated Report templates

RQM 2.0.1.1 iFix02 delivered updated Report Templates for Insight 1.0.1. There are two versions of the report templates, and you must choose the version appropriate for the reporting software you have installed. If you are using Insight 1.0.0.2 or Common Reporting, you can skip this step.
Links to information center topics in the context-sensitive help failThe updated report templates then need to be deployed using Importing the Rational Quality Manager packages as a reference.
Note: If you are using Insight 1.0.1, substitute the appropriate path and rqm-reports-insight_1.0.1.zip when following the installation directions.

Additional Documentation issues

Links to information center topics in the context-sensitive help fail

Currently, if you click a link to the information center in a context-sensitive help topic, the link will fail. The work around is to right-click the link and select Open in new window. See work item 36264 - The links in the help window of test case don't work.

Note that this issue has been resolved in Rational Quality Manager version 3.0.1.