Post about this ABS Article on X... ABS introduces ClearTrigger 14.0 Real-Time Mobile-Phone Enabled Policy added to existing Enterprise Policy Control for ClearCase.
- Released on October 12, 2024


Releases 14.0 is a major release released on Oct. 12, 2024.
Recently added features to Releases 14.0 and 13.x include:

iApproveIt Features Implemented. ClearTrigger's built-in integration with iApproveIt functionality allows all triggers to provide and receive real-time email and mobile-phone-enabled input to create real-time user interactive policy. You no longer have to wait hours/days for approval when managers and approvers can be notofied and directly interact with trigger policy in real-time. You can now create Real-time mobile-phone enabled policy for ClearCase.
33 Additional ClearTrigger Environmental Variables were added for use in your own trigger scripts. These were the most often requested variables and are available for your use in your triggers without you having to do anything to calculate them yourself.
'Auto Add Executed Permissions' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the adding or removing of extantion types to or from the default set.
Command Key Ignore List provides even more granular control over when Triggers fire or don't fire.
Added "Override" alias ABS_allow_use_of_local_ccperl. ClearTrigger added the ClearTrigger Override Alias ABS_allow_use_of_local_ccperl to improve performance. If defined in the clearbits file it allows the use of local ccperl.exe, CQerl.exe and cleartool.exe executables instead of ones defined in the depot for windows script definitions with policy key definitions.
General Performance Improvements. Many ClearTrigger core functions were internally recoded to for speed and size reduction. ClearTrigger performs faster and smaller so it transfers over the network faster when needed. Additional memory and file caching were added as well to again improve its speed. A ClearTrigger server process was added to optimize data collection and hold queried data in memory between calls of ClearTrigger process for their use. Many network calls were replaced with shared memory calls resulting in improved performance for both ClearTrigger and the network.
Improved ClearQuery Reporting and Web-pages. ClearQuery was enhanced so that the generated web-pages it produces have an equivalent look as before, but the pages no longer rely on images within the images directory, this makes all of its report web-pages completely relocatable.
Functionality Bits:
- Auto Warn/Prevent Lost+Found Elements (bit 21)
- Auto Protect Like Parent (bit 22)
- Force 'Unreserved' checkouts (bit 23)
- Enforce Size Limit Restriction (bit 24)
"ClearCase Region" Processing. ClearTrigger was modified so that existing Restriction List that could execute policy based on Users, Groups, VOBs, Elements, Views or Times can now also be limited base on ClearCase Region Patterns or Environmental Variable Values as well. This functionality was added to:
- Region Inhibited List
- Region Special Access List
- MOTD Restriction List
- Access List
- Trigger List
'Auto Chown to VOB Owner' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the setting of additional users or groups.
'Auto Warn Lost+Found' Functionality Bit was enhanced to provide an "auto answer" option so that ClearTrigger policy makers can allow users to pre-answer the warning dialog so that this functionality can execute in a build or other automated process without human intervention.
'Evil Twin' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the "repair" of previous element rmname attempts.
Functionality Bit Application Aliases provide more granular control over when Functionality Bits fire.
ClearTrigger Performance Aliases to improve ClearTrigger Performance.
ClearReplica Performance Aliases to improve ClearTrigger Performance on non-ClearReplica replicated VOBs.
Improved Messaging. ClearTrigger messages were examined and rewritten for clarity. Many messages that previously referred restriction list listed all components that could match causing the denial. These denial dialogs are now more specific so that they list the matching component only.
Addition and integration of ClearTrigger Lite to allow a low-cost entry into many of the features of ClearTrigger. (read page 5 of the product matrix.)
iApproveIt Features Implemented. ClearTrigger's built-in integration with iApproveIt functionality allows all triggers to provide and receive real-time email and mobile-phone-enabled input to create real-time user interactive policy. You no longer have to wait hours/days for approval when managers and approvers can be notofied and directly interact with trigger policy in real-time. You can now create Real-time mobile-phone enabled policy for ClearCase.
Functionality Bits:
- Auto Warn/Prevent Lost+Found Elements (bit 21)
- Auto Protect Like Parent (bit 22)
- Force 'Unreserved' checkouts (bit 23)
- Enforce Size Limit Restriction (bit 24)
"ClearCase Region" Processing. ClearTrigger was modified so that existing Restriction List that could execute policy based on Users, Groups, VOBs, Elements, Views or Times can now also be limited base on ClearCase Region Patterns or Environmental Variable Values as well. This functionality was added to:
- Region Inhibited List
- Region Special Access List
- MOTD Restriction List
- Access List
- Trigger List
'Auto Chown to VOB Owner' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the setting of additional users or groups.
'Auto Warn Lost+Found' Functionality Bit was enhanced to provide an "auto answer" option so that ClearTrigger policy makers can allow users to pre-answer the warning dialog so that this functionality can execute in a build or other automated process without human intervention.
'Evil Twin' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the "repair" of previous element rmname attempts.
33 Additional ClearTrigger Environmental Variables were added for use in your own trigger scripts. These were the most often requested variables and are available for your use in your triggers without you having to do anything to calculate them yourself.
'Auto Add Executed Permissions' Functionality Bit was enhanced to allow for the adding or removing of extantion types to or from the default set.
Functionality Bit Application Aliases provide more granular control over when Functionality Bits fire.
ClearTrigger Performance Aliases to improve ClearTrigger Performance.
ClearReplica Performance Aliases to improve ClearTrigger Performance on non-ClearReplica replicated VOBs.
Command Key Ignore List provides even more granular control over when Triggers fire or don't fire.
Added "Override" alias ABS_allow_use_of_local_ccperl. ClearTrigger added the ClearTrigger Override Alias ABS_allow_use_of_local_ccperl to improve performance. If defined in the clearbits file it allows the use of local ccperl.exe, CQerl.exe and cleartool.exe executables instead of ones defined in the depot for windows script definitions with policy key definitions.
General Performance Improvements. Many ClearTrigger core functions were internally recoded to for speed and size reduction. ClearTrigger performs faster and smaller so it transfers over the network faster when needed. Additional memory and file caching were added as well to again improve its speed. A ClearTrigger server process was added to optimize data collection and hold queried data in memory between calls of ClearTrigger process for their use. Many network calls were replaced with shared memory calls resulting in improved performance for both ClearTrigger and the network.
Improved ClearQuery Reporting and Web-pages. ClearQuery was enhanced so that the generated web-pages it produces have an equivalent look as before, but the pages no longer rely on images within the images directory, this makes all of its report web-pages completely relocatable.
Addition and integration of ClearTrigger Lite to allow a low-cost entry into many of the features of ClearTrigger. (read page 5 of the product matrix.)
Improved Messaging. ClearTrigger messages were examined and rewritten for clarity. Many messages that previously referred restriction list listed all components that could match causing the denial. These denial dialogs are now more specific so that they list the matching component only.

  These are just some of the features and enhancements in ClearTrigger 14.0.



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