Using Rational 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 Rational Functional Tester project and in software system development from requirements to release.
Rational Functional Tester works with Rational ClearCase. Rational ClearCase must be purchased separately. You must install Rational ClearCase to use the Rational Functional Tester Rational ClearCase integration.
If you are using a version of Rational ClearCase earlier than this version, you must update the Rational ClearCase type managers to recognize Rational Functional Tester test object map files on Windows systems.
Rational Functional Tester works in a Rational ClearCase view enabled for Unified Change Management (UCM) if the view was created as part of a single-stream UCM project. Rational Functional Tester does not work in views that are part of multistream UCM projects.
Here is a scenario of how to use Rational Functional Tester and Rational ClearCase to manage test assets:
Rational Functional Tester,
Eclipse Integration, 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 and clear the Perform build automatically
on resource modification check box. Rational Functional Tester,
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Integration, does not automatically compile
the project when an element changes.
You can use the Rational Functional Tester integration with Rational ClearCase to perform these tasks:
A merge operation occurs during checkin if another user has checked in the same file. To merge is the process of combining the contents of two or more files into a single new file. The first user to check in the file creates a new version. The second user to check in the file is required to merge. If Rational ClearCase can manage combining the multiple edits to the file, the changes are merged into a new version of the file automatically. If the edits conflict or cannot be resolved, users must resolve the conflicts. Rational ClearCase starts the Diff Merge tool, in which you can view the differences and merge two or more files, if necessary.