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Can I get data from CC into Excel?

  • 1.  Can I get data from CC into Excel?

    Posted Tue January 19, 2016 06:34 PM

    I recently upgraded to CC v8. I want to display some information about CC into an Excel dashboard, so I’m trying to automatically pull information from the back-end DB into Excel. I figured I should do this through ODBC or some API tool. I’m also investigating as to if it’s a possibility to query the CC database from Visual Studio or Microsoft SQL Server Development Studio. Any help is appreciated!



  • 2.  RE: Can I get data from CC into Excel?

    Posted Wed January 20, 2016 11:51 AM

    You can use VBA and the CC API to accomplish that. I use it in spreadsheets that create reports on branches, streams, baselines etc. Note: you want to do A LOT of error checking. No matter what goes wrong, Excel alway pops up the same generic error message. See example commands below.

    Set ccObj = CreateObject("ClearCase.Application")
    Set ctObj = CreateObject("ClearCase.ClearTool")
    Set viewObj = ccObj.View(viewName)
       
    Set vobObj = ccObj.VOB(vobTag)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        MsgBox ("Cannot create a VOB Object for " & vobTag & ". " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description)
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If Not vobObj.IsMounted Then
        rCode = ctObj("mount " & vobTag)
        If Err.Number <> 0 Then
            MsgBox ("Cannot mount Vob " & vobTag & ". " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description)
            Exit Sub
        End If
    End If
     
    ' Store all the branches in an array
      branchArray = Split(ctObj("lstype -fmt ""%n\n"" -kind brtype -invob " & vobTag), vbCrLf)
      If Err.Number <> 0 Then
         MsgBox ("[GBR_020] Error with command: " & "cleartool lstype -fmt ""%n\n"" -kind brtype -invob " & vobTag & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description)
         Exit Sub
      End If
           
           

    Jozef