Update status (Windows)

This window displays the progress of the Update Tool as it updates elements in a view. The window appears for every update and preview operation, but closes if there are no hijacked files or errors.

Use this window to gauge the number of elements evaluated versus the number of elements already in the view. The window displays a message telling whether errors were encountered.

Cancel and close

Click Cancel to stop the update. The update operation stops and the text of the Cancel button changes to Close. The Update View window displays the actions taken up to the point of cancellation.

After the update, the text of the Cancel button changes to Close. Click the button to close the window.

Details and no details

Details/No Details changes the display of the window to show either the Progress Meter only or the Progress Meter, update messages, and update statistics.

The indicator in the Progress Meter increases to show the number of elements that have been evaluated in contrast to the total number of elements in the view. The indicator is not meant to provide a reliable time estimate because it does not predict which elements need to be changed or loaded.

In the Details area, select Display results when closed to open the Update View window when you close this window. When you start a view update explicitly and when you change the config spec, the Update View window opens. To open this window for other update operations, select this option.

In the Details area, a message list displays nontrivial updates that may require further input from you. For example, this list includes any Rational® ClearCase® update errors.

Update statistics

Update statistics are displayed at the bottom of the Details area.

Remaining
Shows the number of elements specified by load rules, but not yet evaluated to determine whether a version of the element needs to be loaded into the view.
Unchanged
Shows the number of times no action was taken because the version in the view matches the version in the VOB.
Changed
Shows the number of times that the Update Tool replaced a version in the view with a version from the VOB.
New
Shows the number of new elements that were loaded into the view.
Unloaded
Shows the number of times that the Update Tool removed the element from the view because it is no longer selected by the config spec.
Hijacked
Shows the number of loaded file elements that have been modified but not checked out. The action that the Update Tool takes depends on the current set of update defaults.
Errors
Shows the number of Rational ClearCase errors when updating elements. For Rational ClearCase errors, the Update View window includes an Errors folder, which lists the elements that generated errors along with the Rational ClearCase error message.

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