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I get the next error when I am trying to checkin/checkout in clearcase:

cleartool: Error: To operate on UCM branch, must be set to an activity and a UCM view.

Well as I can see here this happens because there is no activity attached to the view I used. My question is how I can create an engineering activity and associate it with an existing view using Rational Clearcase Explorer.

I need it in order to have an ability to checkin/checkout files using clearcase console.

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Simply do a cleartool mkact:

cd /pat/to/your/UCM/view
cleartool mkact aNewAct

That will create and set a new activity to your current view.

Any checkout/checkin after that will use that curent activity.

For Clearquest-enabled projects, see "About creating UCM activities in a project enabled for Rational ClearQuest":

You do not create UCM activity objects directly.

In a project that is enabled for Rational® ClearQuest®, an activity usually refers to two objects that are linked together:

  • a UCM activity object and
  • a record in a Rational ClearQuest user database whose record type is enabled for UCM.

The process of creating an activity in a project that is enabled for Rational ClearQuest entails the creation of two objects in a specific order:

  1. You create records (based on a record type that is enabled for UCM) in a Rational ClearQuest user database.
    • On Windows®, you can create records from the Rational ClearQuest client or, if policy permits, from Rational ClearCase® windows (Check Out, Check In, or Add to Source Control).
    • On UNIX®, you can create records only from the Rational ClearQuest client.
  2. When you set an activity in a view (which you can do by clicking Actions > WorkOn for a Rational ClearQuest user database record), the following occurs:
    • An activity object is created in the stream to which the view is attached.
    • The activity object is linked to the record in the Rational ClearQuest user database whose record type is enabled for UCM.
      The name of the Rational ClearCase activity is set to match the Rational ClearQuest record's ID.
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  • I tried it and I got the next error: cleartool: Error: The "mkactivity" command can not be used in a stream which is contained in a ClearQuest-enabled project. To create an activity in this stream, use the "setactivity" command in one of the stream's views and specify a ClearQuest record identifier as the argument. This will cause an activity to be automatically created which is associated with the indicated ClearQuest record. – Anton Kasianchuk Feb 12 '14 at 14:03
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    @AntonKasyanchuk ok, I have added the relevant help section for ClearQuest-enabled projects. See my edited answer. What version of ClearCase and ClearQuest are you using, by the way? – VonC Feb 12 '14 at 14:11