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ClearCase and ClearQuest

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Customize Search Columns Results in clearquest web

HI, Using the full search text feature of ClearQuest return results using pre-defined columns, but the request to be able to customize the columns of the results, if we have in common a field across the multiple record types we should be able to d...
over 4 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Streamlining the distribution of a custom provider in CTE

When want a custom provider for merges/compares in CTE We have 50+ clients with ClearCase Manually creating the provider via settings dialog in CTE for every client costs a lot of time and is errorprone So the idea would be to distribute the custo...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

ClearCase4Cds: check "checkedout but removed" files before check-in

In ClearCase Cadence integration, we are using ClearCase GUI to check-in Cadence library, cell, views. Some of Cadence tools remove files in a cellview with unix remove command and not use the DM remove. A check for check-in is needed: If there ar...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Fully Support Windows API GetFileInformationByHandleEx() Call in MVFS

Certain tools that use the current CLANG toolset use this call to get a unique file ID (to avoid scanning the same file multiple times.
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Allow the startup behavior of ClearCase Doctor to be set at install time

By default the CC doctor runs at startup. For enterprise wide installs of CC this is not necessary. Allowing a response file to have the desired CC Doctor start-up behavior pre-set would be helpful for enterprise wide installs.
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

improve rcleartool performance

Find a solution to speed up rcleartool execution, for example by reusing the same java environment. When sitting in rcleartool shell, the first command is slow (because of java overhead) but subsequent commands are faster.Unfortunately "rcleartool...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

CQ support for TLS 1.2 on SQL Server databases

I need ClearQuest to support TLS 1.2 on SQL Server Databases. I was told today by Support that it does not support TLS 1.2 despite what the documentation implies.
over 4 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

CTE plugin should check version of CC full client

The CTE Eclipse plugin should check the CC full client version (installed on the same workstation) and give a warning if it's different.
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Admins to configure the default record view for all users to be either List View, Custom List View or Tabbed View

• Currently in ClearQuest, there are 3 types ways to view a record – List View, Custom List View and Tabbed View. Tabbed View is the default view for all our users and user can set in their preferences to make the custom list view as default or to...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Support for System Security Services Daemon since NSCD is deprecated on RHEL7.*

Use of NSCD is deprecated on RHEL 7.* -- when CCv8.0.1 is installed on such a system, use of cleartool and multitool generates an errorand may or may not finish proply - unless NSCD is installed and running.
almost 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration