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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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RTWW – Support for “capturing multiple data fields at single instance” into Datapool

IN Rational fucntional tester, user can capture large amount of data fields into the datapool (all the fields in one go). This can save time and effort instead of captureing every field and modifying the data. This feature can be helpful for RTWW ...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration

RTWW - Support for variable substitution for "Think time" and "time out"

User want to substitute a variable for all the test step for "Think time" and "time out".It can increase the user experience when handling large amount of scripts and executing the scripts across differnt environmentsEx: The development environmen...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 5 Not under consideration

RTW Web UI support for native windows dialog box

Native windows dialog boxes are not supported by RTW Web UI.This is a current known limitation.
almost 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 6 Not under consideration

RTWW - Support for manual test recording from IBM Rational Quality Manager

In the RQM, while creating the manual test script, user have the option to record the web action, so that the manual test steps are being automaicaly generated and loaded into the RQM.This is a very interesting features, that is currently done by ...
about 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration

Add ability to log a verification point within a JavaScript

It would be wonderful to be able to log a verification point status within a JavaScript. This saves times having to write custom Java Code to then log the status.
about 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration

Multiselect action for the dropdown/list box is not yet supported by RTW WebUI

Multiselect action for the dropdown/list box is not yet supported by RTW WebUI
over 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 5 Not under consideration

Evaluating Automation tool which supports WPF telerik controls

We are trying to evaluate Automation tool which supports WPF telerik controls
over 9 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration

Request to Create API to Delete browser cache for IE

System:IBM Kenexa Brassring on Cloud. Actor: Automation Team requiring this feature.We are currently using SILK Test and Planning to migrate to RFT. In SilkTest we have something like BrowserPage.Flushcache () in- built. We would like to see simil...
over 10 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 5 Not under consideration

Image comparator supports identification of differences

The current RFT/RTW image comparator shows only the baseline and the actual image (if they differ). When having large and complex screens validated with this method, it would be very helpfull if you get support in identifying the (group of)pixels ...
over 11 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Planned for future release

Tracebility between manual test scripts RQM and automated scrits tests in RFT

More details in PMR 34258,999,631 - RFT - test cases x automatic scriptTraceability and change control - Some automated scripts in RFT can be made based on the manual scripts of RQM. It would be interesting to have the manual control if the script...
over 14 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 5 Not under consideration