ClearCase

As you develop your Functional Tester test scripts and the supporting files that accompany those scripts, you can use Rational® ClearCase® as your software configuration management system to maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets.

Using ClearCase allows you to share projects, scripts, script templates, test datapools, and object maps across the testing team. You can manage changes in test assets stored in the Functional Tester project and in software system development from requirements to release.

Functional Tester works with ClearCase. ClearCase must be purchased separately. You must install ClearCase to use the Functional Tester ClearCase integration.

If you are using a version of ClearCase earlier than this version, you must update the ClearCase type managers to recognize Functional Tester test object map files on Windows® systems.

Functional Tester works in a ClearCase view enabled for Unified Change Management (UCM) if the view was created as part of a single-stream UCM project. Functional Tester does not work in views that are part of multistream UCM projects.

Here is a scenario of how to use Functional Tester and ClearCase to manage test assets:

Functional Tester, Java™ Scripting, compiles the project when an element changes. If you are using a dynamic view, automatic compilation can be time consuming, depending on the size of the project. To disable this feature, click Window > Preferences and clear the Perform build automatically on resource modification check box. Functional Tester, VB.NET Scripting, does not automatically compile the project when an element changes.

Related concepts
Functional Test projects
Software configuration management
Related tasks
Creating a functional test project
Sharing a project
Adding an element to source control
Checking out an element
Showing checkouts
Editing an element
Checking in an element
Undoing a checkout
Related reference
Functional Test Projects view
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