ClearCase snapshot views on ClearTeam Explorer

Question

I launched ClearTeam Explorer for the first time but I can\'t find how to setup snapshot views... Where are they located in the desktop CTE application? I see dynamic and we

Answer 1

Update 2015:

As mentioned below, since ClearCase 8.0.1.6 (Dec 2014), snapshot views are supported (release notes):

CTE support for snapshot views

ClearTeam Explorer (CTE) now supports snapshot views.
For more information, refer to the following technotes:

• 1691355: new features in CMAPI
• 1691375: about deliver/rebase operations
• 1691401: known issues

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(original answer April 2014)
Web views are considered snapshot in CTE.

The difference is that the view server cannot reside on your local workstation: it only resides in the CTE server.

See "Using ClearCase Web views" and "About ClearCase views" for more.

A Web view is a copy-based ClearCase view that is tolerant of high-latency connections to a CCRC WAN server, although it may be used in both wide-area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) environments.

Many of the ClearCase operations you can perform using Web views require an explicit connection to a CCRC WAN server. However, a subset of operations are available that can be used, even when you are disconnected from the CCRC WAN server.

(This is the part similar to a snapshot view:)

A Web view uses a config spec to select a specific set of file and directory versions from one or more VOBs so that you can access them on your computer.
Resources under source control must be loaded into a Web view before you can access them.