This guide describes CASEVision™/Tracker 2.0, a highly flexible tool from Silicon Graphics, Inc.®, that enables software organizations to create their own tracking systems for bugs and enhancement requests. It is intended for the designers of such systems. It is assumed that the designer has had exposure to one or more high-level programming languages and understands the concepts of database design and administration.
CASEVision/Tracker 2.0 runs on IRIX™ 5.1. For system and memory requirements, please refer to the CASEVision/Tracker 2.0 Release Notes.
This guide has the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Introduction to Tracker System Design,” defines the Tracker terminology and gives an overview of the design cycle and tools.
Chapter 2, “Using the Process Description Language (PDL),” describes the structure of the PDL and the contents of the PDL file, including help declarations.
Chapter 3, “Using the Data Manipulation Language (DML),” gives an overview of the database structure and sets out the characteristics of DML statements.
Chapter 4, “Tutorial–A Basic Tracking System,” steps users through the process of creating and modifying a Tracker application.
Chapter 5, “Installing RTS Applications,” details the procedure for installing RTS applications.
Chapter 6, “Advanced Design Techniques,” discusses advanced techniques such as using dates, customizing resources, using the exec functions, and importing data from external databases.
Chapter 7, “Configuration Management,” outlines the checkout/checkin model and describes how to use the ClearCase/Tracker integration.
Appendix A, “The policy_vars.sh File,” defines the environment variables used by Tracker applications and stored in this file.
Appendix B, “RTS PDL Files with On-line Help,” gives the complete text of the four .pdl files, including the on-line help text.