I was recently on-site with a customer. Aside from the usual tasks, like conducting training classes and configuring workflows, there was one interesting challenge. The customer wanted to integrate TestTrack RM and TestTrack TCM with ClearQuest. The customer did not want to use the ClearQuest API because they were using a very old version of ClearQuest and were planning on upgrading. The risk of changes in the API between the versions was high.
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I have updated our labs page in regards to integration with Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS). Even though this is not an ‘out of the box’ supported integration, you do have several options.
We had two sample scripts on how TFS could be integrated with TestTrack Pro and TestTrack TCM. I have updated them so they can be used out of the box. Previously they had connection information hard coded, which meant you had to change the source code and recompile in order to use them. I have also added a new article.
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If you are a loyal reader of this blog, chances are that you read Gerhard Kruger’s post about our Visual Studio Integration. In this article, Gerhard talks about accessing TestTrack Pro items and Surround SCM actions from within Visual Studio. I’d like to present a different angle to this integration, specifically, the TestTrack Pro integration.
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Developed against TestTrack Pro 2010 and Excel 2007
This tools allows the user to view the defect list from within Excel. Selected records in the list window can be imported into a new worksheet in the Excel workbook.
Server plug-ins query external reporting services, communicate information about reporting services to client plug-ins, and run requested reports.
The Surround SCM and TestTrack Servers scan for plug-ins in the serverreports directory in the product application directory every 10 minutes. If a new plug-in is found, it is added to the list of available server plug-ins, which is sent to Surround SCM or TestTrack when users request to add external reports.
All server plug-ins must define the following ReportStatus enumeration, which provides return values for several functions in the server plug-in API.
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Client plug-ins are only required if you want to provide the following functionality from Surround SCM or TestTrack:
- Run an external report editor to create or modify reports.
- Run external reports that require parameters, such as filters.
Note: You cannot run external report editors or work with reports with parameters from TestTrack Web.
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Works with TestTrack 2009 and later
Works with Surround SCM 2010 and later
Will not work with TestTrack 2008 and earlier
Will not work with Surround SCM 2009 and earlier
The reporting plug-in architecture in TestTrack and Surround SCM enables some pretty exciting reporting and dashboard integration possibilities.
You’ll find a basic Crystal Reports plug-in on this page, which allows you to view reports created in Crystal Reports from the TestTrack and Surround SCM clients.
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With the release of TestTrack 2009, we added a really great plug-in architecture to allow for integrating 3rd party reporting tools into your TestTrack installation. With this users can create and run reports directly from their desktop client, just like a native report. Today I want to highlight the SQL Server Reporting Services integration we have, to show you how easy and seamless it is to provide users with customized reports.
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Pentaho offers an open source reporting server that you can use to create reports.
They have an Enterprise edition and a Community Edition. The Enterprise edition has several benefits, like extra features, more documentation and customer support.
Please visit their web site for details on how licensing works for each edition.
For my reports I used the community edition.
The reports suite includes many components. I used the Report Designer to create the reports, and then used the Business Inteligence Server to share them with other users.
Please note that this should not be considered a review of the Pentaho toolset as I only looked at a limited portion of them with a limited goal in mind.
Report Designer
The Report Designer is a java based GUI interface that you can use to create and design your reports. If you have worked with any other reporting tools, it is pretty easy to figure out how to use it.
Bussiness Intelligence Server
Allows web access to report creation and viewing. Reports created with the Report Designer can be published to the Server to share it with other users.
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Will not work with TestTrack 2008 and earlier
The new reporting plug-in architecture in TestTrack 2009 enables some pretty exciting reporting and dashboard integration possibilities with TestTrack.
You’ll find our Izenda plug-in on this page, which allows you to create/view reports created in Izenda from the TestTrack Web and desktop clients.
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