This topic provides the basic procedure for creating a new view based upon an existing view.
Display the project view upon which the new view will be based.
Choose
StarTeam > View
> New.
The
New View Wizard opens.
Select one of the available options from the
View Type list:
Branch All
Will be based on a configuration of the currently open view. All items in the new view will be set to branch when they are
modified. This branch behavior can be changed later for individual items in the new view so that changed items do not branch.
Reference
Allows users to read from and write to a subset of the parent view's current configuration. Any changes appear in both the
reference view and its parent.
Read-only Reference
Allows users to read from a subset of the parent view. Unlike a read-write reference view, the contents of a read-only reference
view may be current (floating) or configured to a point in the parent view's past by specifying a label, promotion state,
or time.
Type a
Name and a
Description for the view in the appropriate fields and click
Next.
Select the
Root Folder for the new view and click
Next.
Note: The
New View Wizard skips this step for a
Non-Derived view.
Type or browse for the name of an appropriate
Default Working Folder.
CAUTION:
For a
Branch All or a
Non-Derived view, always use a working folder that is different from the one used by the parent view. Using the same working folder for
the parent and child views can cause changes in one view to be overwritten when files are checked out from the other view.
It can also result in incorrect or, at least, misleading file status indicators. For a
Reference or
Read-Only Reference view, you can use the same working folder as the parent view.
Click
Next to display the
Select Types page.
Select the item types to include in the new view. The new view will include items of the selected types from the parent view,
unless the
Override default types option has been selected in the
View Access Rights dialog box.
Tip: To create a view with no shared items, use the
Branch All view type and clear all the check boxes on the
Select Types page.
Click
Next to display the
Configuration page.
If you are creating a
Non-derived or
Reference view, click
Finish.
Note: It is not necessary to display the
Configuration page for a
Non-Derived view because no items from the parent view are included. It is also not necessary to display the
Configuration page for a
Reference view because the items have the same configuration as those in the parent view.
Select one of the available configuration options on the Configuration page.