About ClearCase views

A Rational ClearCase® view provides access to resources in Rational ClearCase repositories.

Before you can access resources stored in a Rational ClearCase repository (VOB) or add existing resources to ClearCase source control, you must create a Rational ClearCase view. A ClearCase view selects a specific set of file and directory versions from one or more VOBs so that you can load them, as ordinary files and folders, into a directory on your computer. This directory is called the view's copy area.

ClearCase views and ClearCase servers

Each ClearCase view on your computer is supported by a ClearCase server. A single ClearCase server can support many ClearCase views and client hosts, but each view is supported by exactly one ClearCase server. Most operations in a ClearCase view require you to connect to the ClearCase server that supports it.

Modifying files in a ClearCase view

There are two ways to modify a file version in a view:

When your modifications are complete, check in the file to commit your changes to the VOB and create a new version that other team members can access. (When you check in a file that was modified while hijacked, you might be required to merge your changes with those made by users who did not know that you were modifying the file.)


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