Using the Rational ClearQuest View Associations view

Before you begin
From the Rational® ClearQuest® Client or the Rational ClearQuest Client for Eclipse, you can use the Rational ClearQuest View Associations view to examine Rational ClearCase views that are being used on a client desktop to access file locations stored in a Rational ClearCase® VOB.
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To open the Rational ClearCase View Association view:
  1. From a Rational ClearQuest Client, click View > ClearCase View Associations, from a Rational ClearQuest Client for Eclipse click Windows > Show View > Other > Test Management > ClearCase View Associations.
  2. The ClearCase View Associations view displays the following information for each entry: Asset Registry, Iteration, View Tag, View Path, Association State, and Connection. (By default the Association State for all view associations is Free.)
  3. Select an entry in the Rational ClearCase View Associations view and then select any of the following options:
    1. To remove a view association from your desktop click Remove Association. When a view association is removed for a desktop, you cannot execute a test script for an iteration associated with it.
    2. For base Rational ClearCase views, click Capture Configuration Specification to force all executions for the associated iteration to use a config spec that is identical to the captured view. (When a view is captured the Association State is set to Captured.)
    3. For UCM views, click Capture Stream Name to force all executions for the associated iteration to use a stream name that is identical to the captured view. (When a view is captured, the Association State is set to Captured.)
    4. To release a captured view, click Release Configuration Specification or Release Stream Name. When a captured view is released, there is no longer checking to determine if any view executing the associated iteration has a config spec or stream name that is identical to the captured view.
    5. Click Override Mismatch if you are attempting to execute using a view whose config spec or stream name does not match the config spec or stream name of a captured view and you want to override and execute using your view. Note, use caution when overriding; using a different config spec or stream name means you might be executing using a different version of test assets.
    6. To change the config spec of a view on your desktop to be identical to the config spec of a captured view, click Change Configuration Specification. This action is available only when the Association State of a view association is set to Mismatched and the view association is a base Rational ClearCase dynamic view. Note, use caution when changing a config spec because the elements and versions of elements might be different.

      The behavior when using a Rational ClearCase Remote Client view is different. Before you associate a file location with the view, right-click the file location and select Connect to CCRC. Specify your ClearCase user ID and password, and the ClearCase server URL. You can now associate your Rational ClearCase Remote Client view with the file location. Each time you restart your Rational ClearQuest Test Manager client you must login to Rational ClearCase by right-clicking the file location and selecting Connect to CCRC before you can perform operations involving test assets stored in Rational ClearCase.

What to do next

For more information, see Defining an administration policy for Rational ClearQuest Test Manager.


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