VCS settings for Clear Case UCM Plugin for Jenkins

Question

I am using Jenkins and its ClearCase UCM plugin, but am unable to make it work (make ClearCase checkout the proper view in the Jenkins job workspace).

I have been trying to set up source code to ClearCase, but it is asking too many inputs and I am not aware what to fill.
It is asking for the following fields:

Viewtag : Jenkins_${USER_NAME}_${NODE_NAME}_${JOB_NAME}${DASH_WORKSPACE_NUMBER}
View Path: 
Stream Selector.

Can anybody help with this?

What should be the correct values for ClearCase to work properly, that is get the code in the Jenkins job workspace?

Note to moderator: this is not off topic. This is not a request for a tool recommendation. — VonC, Sep 17 '18 at 12:18
@ivan_pozdeev Thank you for this feedback, you are right. I have edited the question (and deleted my previous comments to clean up this question) — VonC, Sep 18 '18 at 06:47

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-18T06:50:01.453

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The JENKINS ClearCase UCM Plugin, like any other VCS (Version Control System) Jenkins plugin, needs to access the sources in order for Jenkins to checkout said sources in a Jenkins workspace.

For that:

The plugin will automatically create a snapshot view in a folder named 'view' in the root of the job's workspace.
Snapshot views can - as opposed to dynamic views - be located anywhere, which we exploit to place it inside the job's workspace.
Dynamic Views can only reside on the location where your mvfs is located and that is not inside the workspace.

It should not ask for the field you mention.

Instead:

The ClearCase UCM plugin introduces several build variables:

CC_BASELINE the baseline being build
CC_VIEWTAG the view tag
CC_VIEWPATH the path of the view(the same as %WORKSPACE%\view)

You can setup a job using that plugin by making it monitor changes in your ClearCase UCM VOBs by polling for new baselines on a given stream.

From the comments, the default value for those field is fine, and Jenkins will create a dynamic view accessing the UCM components if the stream mentioned in the settings of that plugin.

edited Sep 18 '18 at 06:50

answered Sep 11 '18 at 20:04

VonC

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HI I am able to download the code but the code which is getting downloaded is .VWS. Any idea how can i extract files from it? – raj vardhan Sep 17 '18 at 10:35
@rajvardhan only a dynamic view can give you access to those files, unless they are private. – VonC Sep 17 '18 at 12:14
Hi I am able to find the code. Just one question though. Can i download 2 projects using clearcase plugin – raj vardhan Sep 17 '18 at 12:55
@rajvardhan Not easiley, unless they are part of the same UCM component. – VonC Sep 17 '18 at 13:04
Ok. Thanks a lot for your help. Now my code is downloading from Jenkins. But i have another question on how to run a DB script using Jenkins. – raj vardhan Sep 17 '18 at 14:24
Hi, I am able to download code from clear case using Jenkins. Now I am trying to run a SQL script from Jenkins. Please see my configuration below: When I am running the same script from command prompt it runs but through Jenkins I am getting the following error: SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Sep 17 16:12:40 2018 Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved. ERROR: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified Enter user-name: Do you have an idea what I am doing wrong here? Thanks, Raj Vardhan – raj vardhan Sep 17 '18 at 14:24
@rajvardhan I would be best to open a new question, with more detail in it. – VonC Sep 17 '18 at 14:30

VCS settings for Clear Case UCM Plugin for Jenkins

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