When should I do this? After the Full ClearCase 8 client is installed and new views have been created the user should review this tutorial to learn about common ClearCase operations. What should I do if I am having issues with this? Seek assistance from your IA or a senior developer on your team before contacting Business Intelligence. Please do not put a ticket higher than P3 for these issues. Direct the ticket to Common Business Processes team, with screenshots of the issue you are having and a detailed description. Contents Contents...... ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Accessing Files ............................................................................................................................................ 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Check-In...... .............................................................................................................................................. 12 Undo-CheckOut... ...................................................................................................................................... 15 ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Version Tree......... ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Accessing Files 1. Cl ic k on St art. 2. Go to Wi ndows Explo rer (Und er ‘Pro grams > Access ories ’)
When should I do this? After the Full ClearCase 8 client is installed andnew views have been created the user shouldreview this tutorial to learn about commonClearCase operations.
What should I do if I
am having issues withthis?
Seek assistance from your IA or a senior
developer on your team before contactingBusiness Intelligence. Please do not put a tickethigher than P3 for these issues. Direct the ticketto Common Business Processes team, withscreenshots of the issue you are having and adetailed description.
3. On the left-side navigation, select the M: drive
4. All of your views should be listed as folders in the M: drive. If the views aremissing then it means that they have not been started, and in that case you
should run the ‘cc_startview.bat’ file. If you have not created this file follow
5. Navigate to your view in the M: drive. Right click on the view folder of yourchoice and then select ClearCase > ClearCase Explorer
6. Once the ClearCase Explorer window opens, navigate to the file you wish to
display using the expandable folders on the left. The contents of the file youselect will appear in the main area. Double click on the file you wish todisplay, and Windows will automatically choose the associated program toopen the contents of that file.
7. File version information is shown in ClearCase Explorer under the columntitled Version.
ClearQuest Activity
In order to successfully edit files (called a check-out) you must have aClearQuest activity created and assigned to yourself. Skip this step if youalready have a ClearQuest activity to work with, or else you can use this
information to update your existing activity, if needed.
1. Launch ‘ClearQuest for Windows Client’
2. Fill in your USS network credentials, and select ‘USSW2:USSteel_userdb_Wave_2’ from the database dropdown. Then click on OK
Note: You only have to type the numbers after ‘USSW2’ in the ID and can skipall preceding zeros as well. For example if the ID was ‘USSW200012345’, youcan only type ‘12345’ to find that record.
8. Once the record is displayed, you can click on Actions and select Modify to
A file must be checked out before any changes can be made to it.
1. From ClearCase Explorer (please see the directions in “Accessing a File” toopen ClearCase Explorer), use the expandable files on the left to navigate tothe file you wish to check-out.
After the file is checked-out and changes have been successfully tested, the filemust be checked-in to save these changes.
1. From the ClearCase Explorer window (see directions in “Accessing a File” toopen ClearCase Explorer) you can navigate directly to the file you wish tocheck in. If you do not know the absolute path, right click on the view, andthen click on Find Checkouts.
2. The Find Criteria window will appear. Ensure that the Include AdditionalFolders, Search only for you checkouts and Search only for checkouts in thecurrent view options are selected as seen below
3. Once the list of checked-out files loads, select the file or files you wish tocheck-in. Multiple files can be selected by pressing the Ctrl button whileclicking on the file names. Then right click and select “Check In…”
4. The “Check In” window will appear. If you are checking-in more than one file,click the “Apply to All” button. If you checking-in one file, click “OK”.
If you have checked-out a file and do not want to save the changes, you willperform an undo-check-out to revert to the previous version.
1. From the ClearCase Explorer window (see the directions in “Accessing a File”to open ClearCase Explorer), you can navigate directly to the file you wish toundo-check-out on by using the expandable folders on the left. After youhave located the desired file, go to Step3. If you do not know the absolutepath, right click on the view, and then click on Find Checkouts.
2. The Find Criteria window will appear. Ensure that the Include AdditionalFolders, Search only for your checkouts, and Search only for checkouts in thecurrent view options are selected as specified below.
3. Once the list of checked-out files loads, select the file or files on which youwish to undo-check-out. Then right click and select “Undo Checkout…”
4. The ‘Confirm Undo Check Out’ window will appear. If you are doing an Undo-CheckOut for more than one file, click the “Yes to All” button. If you are doingundo-check-out for one file, then just click “Yes”. If you wish to save a copy of the modified file, check the “Save copy of the file with a ‘.keep’ extension”checkbox.
3. Additional information can be seen by hovering over the node representingthe version of the file. You can also right click on a version to compare it toanother version, if needed.
