Exploring ClearCase repositories

Use the ClearCase Navigator and ClearCase Details view to explore remote ClearCase repositories and local ClearCase views.
Before you begin
Before you can explore the contents of remote ClearCase repositories (VOBs), you must create a ClearCase view.
About this task

With the ClearCase Navigator view and ClearCase Details view you can explore resources in local ClearCase views whether or not you are connected to a ClearCase Web server. To explore remote resources (those that have not been loaded into a local ClearCase view), you must connect to the ClearCase Web server that supports the view.

To explore ClearCase repositories:

  1. In the ClearCase Navigator, select a ClearCase view. To connect to the ClearCase server that supports the view, click the clearcase server con icon on the ClearCase toolbar or select Connect from the ClearCase context menu. If you do not connect to the ClearCase server, you cannot browse remote resources.
  2. Use the ClearCase Navigator and ClearCase Details view to explore local resources, remote resources, or both:
    • In the ClearCase Navigator, click the plus sign (+) to the left of a folder to expand the folder and display any folders it contains. A folder that contains only files cannot be expanded in the ClearCase Navigator. The files it contains are listed in the ClearCase Details view.
    • In the ClearCase Navigator, select a folder to display its contents in the ClearCase Details view.
    • In the ClearCase Details view, double-click a folder to display the files or folders that it contains. This action also selects the folder in the ClearCase Navigator.
Results
To load a resource that is displayed in the ClearCase Navigator or ClearCase Details view, select the resource and click the load icon icon on the ClearCase toolbar or select Load Resource from the ClearCase context menu.
Note: If you are browsing a ClearCase view that is connected to a ClearCase server running the UNIX system, you typically must expand one or more VOB tag components (parts of the path name to a VOB storage directory) before you can access VOB contents. In the ClearCase Details view, VOB tag components are listed with a Kind value of VOB Tag Component. No operations are permitted on a VOB Tag Component.

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