StarTeam Eclipse Plugin
Introduction
Installation and Licensing for StarTeam
Products Included with StarTeam Enterprise Licenses
Products Included with StarTeam Enterprise Advantage Licenses
About Source Control
Standard StarTeam Architecture Overview
Contacting Support
StarTeam Eclipse Plugin
Getting Started
Logging On
Logging Off
Tour of the UI
Perspectives
StarTeam Activity Perspective
StarTeam Classic Perspective
Views
Server Explorer
Annotate View
Audit Log View
Change View
Change Request View
Detail View
History View
Label View
Link View
Reference View
Requirement View
Task View
Topic View
Search Results View
Item Editors
Fields
Sharing Workspace Projects
Create Projects and Synchronize Local Files
Checking Out Existing Folders
Setting Preferences
Opening Perspectives and Views
Configuring Capabilities
Creating a New Connection
Removing Connections
Configuring Profiles
Deleting Server Configurations
Linking Views with Selections
Exporting a Set of Team Preferences
Importing a Set of Team Preferences
Displaying Additional Fields
Setting Background Operations
Viewing Background Operations
Refreshing Server Configurations
Compare Revisions
StarTeam Basics
Containers
Artifacts
Artifacts Versus Items
Folders
Folders and Views
Files
Change Requests
Change Request Tracking System Model
Built-in Workflow for Change Requests
Requirements
Tasks
Topics
Links: Internal and External
Labels
Branching, Merging and Dot Notation
Sharing and Cheap Copies
Promotion States
Audit Log
Audit Log Events
Audit Fields
Table of Common Operations
User-Defined Property Fields
Displaying Custom Property Fields
Creating Content Fields
Creating Date and Time Fields
Creating Enumerated Fields
Creating Group and Group List Fields
Creating Map Fields
Creating Rich Content Fields
Creating Text Fields
Creating Time Span Fields
Creating User and User List Fields
Projects
Project Structure
Guidelines for Keeping Projects Autonomous
Cross-Project Activity Support
How to Handle Cross-Project File Dependencies
Working with Projects
Sharing Workspace Projects
Opening the Share Project Wizard
Creating a New Connection
Logging on Server with Existing Connection
Designating a Project View and Folder to Share
Synchronizing Newly-Shared Projects
Opening an Existing Project View
Create Projects and Synchronize Local Files
Creating Projects
Sharing Workspace Projects with New Project
Deleting Projects
Changing Project Names or Descriptions
Refactoring
Viewing or Modifying Project Properties
Enabling Keyword Expansion
StarTeam Keywords
Establishing Process Rules for Projects
Setting Active Process Items
Excluding Files from a Project
Requiring Exclusive Locks for Check-ins
Requiring Revision Comments
Marking Unlocked Files Read-only
Searching Projects
Synchronization
Synchronizing with the Repository
Synchronizing Newly-Shared Projects
Copying URLs
Project Properties
Name (Project Properties Dialog Box)
Options (Project Properties Dialog Box)
Process Rules (Project Properties Dialog Box)
Editors (Project Properties Dialog Box)
Provider Properties
View Configuration and Management
Overview of Views
View Types
View Roles
Main View: Home Base for Artifacts
Activity View: Isolated Team Work Area
Release View: For Post-Release Maintenance Work
Build View: Read-Only Windows for Build Scripts
Proper Use of Views
View Configuration Options
View Type Options and Settings
Working with Views
Opening Perspectives and Views
Creating and Configuring Views
Deleting Views
Reviewing or Modifying View Properties
Creating View Labels
Changing a View's Default and Alternate Working Folders
Switching Between StarTeam Project Views
Copying View Labels
Promoting View Labels
Demoting View Labels
Branching
Branching Options
Branching Behavior of Items
Effects on Change Requests When Branched, Moved, and Shared
References Overview
Understanding References
References Created by Branching Views
References Created by Adding Items to Views
References Created by Manually Sharing Objects
References Created by Moving Objects
Personal Preferences
Set of Team Preferences
Setting Preferences
StarTeam Preferences
Change Request Options
Console Options
File Options
Folder Options
Mapping Preferences
Label Decorations Options
Label Decorations (for Provider) Preferences
Label Decorations (for Server Explorer) Preferences
Password Management Preferences
Requirements Options
Sprint Options
StarTeamMPX Options
Story Options
Task Options
Topic Options
Workspace Options
Folders
Folders and Items
Overview of Folders and Paths
Folders
Understanding Default and Alternate Working Folders
Granting Folder-Level Access Rights
Folder Access Rights
Child Folder Access Rights
Granting Item-Level Access Rights
Generic Item Access Rights
Folder Properties
Folder Fields
Provider Properties
Working with Folders and Items
Creating a Working Folder
Adding Folders to Views
Attaching New Labels to Folders
Changing a View's Default and Alternate Working Folders
Changing Name or Description of Folders and Items
Compare Revisions
Comparing Local Files to Tip Revisions
Comparing to a Label
Comparing to a Different View
Comparing by Date
Comparing a Local File to a Revision
Comparing Properties for Files or Folders
Configuring (Rolling Back) Folders and Items
Rolling Back Folders
Modifying Folder Configurations
Deleting Folders
Displaying Location References
Emailing Item Properties
Finding Items
Hiding Folders and Files
Highlighting Items of Interest
Linking Items Internally or Externally
Locking and Unlocking Items
Locking an Item Using the Toolbar
Locking an Item Using the Menu
Marking Items Read or Unread
Moving Folders or Items
Moving a Folder or Item Within the Same View
Moving a Folder or Item Between Two Different Views
Opening a Local Folder
Opening a Local Folder from a Folder Selection
Replacing Files and Folders
Rolling Back a Folder or File
Replacing a Folder/File with a Specific View Configuration
Replacing a Folder/File Under a Specific Labels
Rolling Back a Folder/File to a Specific Date
Sorting and Grouping Data
Viewing or Modifying Item Properties
Comparing Properties
Setting Active Process Items
Selecting Items
Copying Items
Links: Internal and External
Linking Items Internally or Externally
Deleting Links
Linking Files to Process Items
Linking and Pinning a File Revision to a Process Item
Linking and Pinning a File Revision to the Active Process Item
Linking Specific Revisions
Linking to a Specific Revision
Customizing Link Item Properties
Customizing Link Properties
Finding Files Associated with Active Process Items
Reviewing Linked Change Requests
Change Requests
Change Request View
Creating Change Requests
Specifying Change Request Summary Information
Specifying Change Request Descriptions
Specifying Change Request Solutions
Modifying Custom Options for Change Requests
Adding Change Request Comments
Adding Change Request Attachments
Editing Change Requests
Viewing Unread Change Requests
Default and Required Change Request Fields
Moving Change Requests
Assigning Change Requests
Resolve Open Change Requests
Verifying Resolved Change Requests
Closing Verified Change Requests
Reviewing Linked Change Requests
Change Request Lifecycle
Change Request Status Field
Change Request Properties
Change Request Fields
Commonly Used Change Request Abbreviations
Sample Change Request Detail View Template
Requirements
Requirement View
Creating Requirements
Sample Requirement Detail View Template
Requirement Properties
Requirement Fields
Tasks
Creating Tasks
Assigning Task Resources
Estimating Tasks
Adding Notes to Tasks
Working with Work Records in Tasks
Adding a Work Record to a Task
Editing a Work Record for a Task
Deleting a Work Record from a Task
Sample Task Detail View Template
Task Fields
Task Properties
Topics
Creating Topics
Responding to Topics or Responses
Sample Topic Detail View Template
Topic Fields
Topic Properties
Files
Opening Files
Modifying File Properties
Enabling Concurrent File Editing
Excluding Files from a Project
Finding Files Associated with Active Process Items
Marking Unlocked Files Read-only
Setting the File Executable Bit for UNIX
Viewing Annotations
Viewing Previous File Revisions
Comparing and Merging Files
Converting Resource Change Status
Editing Check-in Comments
Enabling Quick Diff in Text Editors
Force Check-out with Keyword Expansion
Locking and Unlocking Items
Modifying the EOL Conversion Mode
Viewing or Modifying Item Properties
Sample File Detail View Template
File Properties
File Fields
Check-in and Check-out Operations
Atomic Check-ins
Check-in and Check-out Overview
Checking In Files
Checking Out Files
Checking Out Files with Options
Checking Out Existing Folders
Achieving Consistent Check-ins and Check-outs
Optimizing File Check-outs Over a Slow Connection
Monitoring Check-out Statistics using the Cache Agent
EOL Conversion Handling Overview
Controlling EOL Characters
EOL Format Property
EOL Property Values
Process Items and Process Rules
Process Items
Process Items and Workspace Change Packages
Process Rules
Active Process Items
Promoting File Changes Into Baselines
Displaying Only Enhanced Process Links
Filtering Process Tasks From Other Tasks
Setting Active Process Items
Establishing Process Rules for Projects
File Compare/Merge
Main File Compare/Merge
Embedded File Compare/Merge
Standalone File Compare/Merge
Specifying FCM as Alternate Compare/Merge Tool
Labels and Promotion States
Labels
View Labels
Creating View Labels
Creating Revision Labels
Configuring or Viewing Label Properties
Attaching Labels to Folders
Creating a New Revision Label and Attaching it to a Folder and its Contents
Attaching an Existing View or Revision Label to a Folder and its Contents
Attaching Labels to Items
Attaching an Existing View or Revision Label to Selected Items
Demoting View Labels
Promoting View Labels
Copying Revision Labels
Deleting Labels
Detaching a Label from a Specific Revision
Detaching Labels from Folders
Detaching Labels from Items
Freezing or Unfreezing Labels
Promotion States
Promotion State Access Rights
Configuring Promotion States
Creating a New Promotion State
Editing or Deleting a Promotion State
Filters and Queries
Filtering Data
Applying Predefined Filters
Copying a Filter
Deleting Filters
Editing Filters
Resetting Filters
Change Request Filters
Requirement Filters
Task Filters
Topic Filters
Audit Filters
Queries
Applying Queries
Copying Queries
Creating Queries
Creating "Me" Queries
Deleting Queries
Editing Queries
Predefined Queries
Relational Operators Used in Queries
New Query Options
Queries Options
Terminology