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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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Passing parameters as user arguments from Jenkins to RFT using the RFT plugin.

Please provide the ability tp pass parameters defined in the Jenkins job to the RFT Script, as user arguments, using the Functional Tester Plugin for Jenkins.
over 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Delivered

Allow user to execute native RFT scripts in WebUI specifying a Google Chrome Profile to use

An automated script should be executable against the same parameters an end-user would experience. If users requires specific add-on's/extensions in their Google Chrome Profile, RFT/WebUI should be able to launch with those options in the profile....
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Delivered

Unified Report needs option to filter

In the Unified Report we need a filter for Test-steps to find fast/easy failed steps in thousands of (successfull) test step lines in the "Single Test" view.
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Delivered

Test log icon based on overall verdict

In the WebUI change the icon of the test log based on the pass/fail verdict. So add a green check or a red cross to the icon.
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Delivered

IBM RFT support for implementing CI/CD or DevOps

We are trying to implement CI/CD using Jenkins and IBM RFT. The RFT runs on a Jenkins node (Windows VM) is invoked from a Jenkins master. We noticed few issues which are bottlenecks for this implementation. RFT execution fails with WindowsActivate...
about 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 7 Delivered

RFT Edge browser

Document object of the chromium browser is not captured for the running browser instance. (chromium is not launched using Startbrowser API)
over 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Delivered

csv files are separated by semicolons (;), this separator is not recognized by RTW 9.2.1 and 10.1

our csv files are separated by semicolons (;), this separator is not recognized by RTW 9.2.1 and 10.1
over 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 4 Delivered

Capability to provide Firefox Browser Profile path for RFT script playback in Linux

Currently the capability to provide Firefox Browser Profile path for RFT script playback (to select specific version if 2 FF versions are installed) on Linux machine is not available. Playback considers only the default browser path which is used ...
over 5 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Delivered

RFT:Chrome browser deletecookies and deletecache API

Deletecookies() deletes all of the browser's cookies. However, there is no similar method available in RFT to clear browser cache.Also the browser-level deletecookies() API is not supported in Chrome testing. Cookies need to be deleted manually.As...
over 10 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 5 Delivered

Lauching a test with Chrome in private mode or clean the browser cache at startup

The application being tested tends to keep caches in browsers and crashes our tests.The idea would be to launch in RTW our scripts using private Chrome or clean the browser cache at startup.
over 5 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Delivered