The new reporting options in version 6

Starting with the version 6.0 release, Jazz™ Reporting Service is the default reporting solution for Rational® solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM). It is an alternative to the complex reporting capabilities that are available in many Rational products and solutions. The table helps you figure out what reporting option is best for you.
Jazz Reporting Service now contains the following components:
Important: Lifecycle Query Engine is supported as a data source for use with Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, but is an unsupported technical preview feature for any other CLM 6.0 application. LQE as a data source for reporting on configurations is also in technical preview, even withRational Engineering Lifecycle Manager. See Getting started with configurations in CLM version 6 releases on Jazz.net and Reporting on data in configurations.
There are several changes to the kinds of reporting available in version 6.0:

Deciding which reporting options to use

Rational offers various reporting options. Use this table to make sure that you have the best option for the kind of reports you need for your situation, or to explore other possibilities.

The following table lists various decision points down the left column. After you find the ones that apply to you, see which reporting options to consider.

Table 1. Reporting options
Decision points Built-in BIRT reporting with CLM Report Builder (Jazz Reporting Service) ALM Cognos Connector (requires Cognos BI) Rational Insight (with Cognos tools) Rational Publishing Engine
Use predefined reports. A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon.
Create and customize reports.   A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon.
Quickly scope predefined reports across projects, teams, and iterations.   A check mark icon.      
Quickly set up a non-production test environment (Derby + Tomcat).   A check mark icon.      
Refresh report data frequently to get recent information.   A check mark icon.

Only if you use Lifecycle Query Engine

     
Report on data from CLM applications only. A check mark icon. A check mark icon.      
Report on data from CLM or non-CLM applications.     A check mark icon. A check mark icon. A check mark icon.
Report on data from configurations.   A check mark icon.

Reporting on configurations is a technical preview feature in v6.0

    A check mark icon.
Customize data collection, data warehouse, XML data configurations, or data models.     A check mark icon. A check mark icon.  
Use multiple Jazz Team Servers.     A check mark icon. A check mark icon.  
Manage complex engineering data (Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager   A check mark icon.

Use the Queries menu to find artifacts

    A check mark icon.

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Where do I get this option? Installed with CLM Installed with CLM Additional installation required. See the All downloads page. Additional installation and license required Additional installation and license required

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