If you are storing test assets (test motivator files and test scripts) in a Rational ClearCase VOB, you must use a Rational® ClearCase® view to access the test assets. This view must be associated with an asset registry and iteration record.
You can associate a Rational ClearCase view automatically. This view association is created on the user's desktop and displayed in the Rational ClearCase View Associations view.
The Rational ClearCase view auto-association supports two different scenarios.
Scenario 1: A new file location that references a Rational ClearCase VOB location is created on the user's desktop
In this scenario, when a new file location is created, the Rational ClearCase view in which the file location is created is automatically associated with that view on the user's desktop. This operation creates an entry in the Rational ClearCase View Associations view for each iteration value associated with the asset registry for the file location.
Scenario 2: A new file location is created remotely, but is displayed on the user's desktop (because the file location record is in the database)
In this scenario, an association may be made if Eclipse projects are stored with Rational ClearCase views on the desktop. When Eclipse starts, Rational ClearQuest® Test Manager attempts to associate any Rational ClearCase views used with Eclipse projects that have not been previously associated. This operation creates an entry in the Rational ClearCase View Associations view for each iteration value associated with the asset registry for the file locations used in Eclipse projects. When a user opens the Test Script File Association window, the Test Motivator File Association window, the Test Execution window, or the Import Test Results window, a View list includes selections for all associated views on the desktop.
If no associations can be made because the test assets are not defined in Eclipse projects, when a user opens a Test Script File Association window, Test Motivator File Association window, Test Execution window, or Import Test Results window, the user is prompted to create a Rational ClearCase view association before continuing. The Rational ClearCase view is then added to the Rational ClearCase View Associations view.
For more information about associating a Rational ClearCase view manually, see Associating a ClearCase view.