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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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Connecting real mobile devices to system wirelessly, when the device and system is connected over the same network

In our organization we are not allowed to connect real mobile device to our system using USB. This is due to strict security protocol and no exceptions will be allowed, if requested. Therefore, we are trying to communicate between the mobile devic...
10 months ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

feature to differentiate each image VP captured on a control by setting different name

Image verification points created on the same page have the same display(control) name in a simplified script and it makes difficult to differentiate each VP. If a user tries to change the control name of one VP to something (for example "A"), ...
almost 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Support drop down list in recording of Edge(Chrome)

When record selecting an item in drop down list, following coment is added in a script and you need to add java snippet in the script. // Ignoring the dropdown click, manually add statement for selecting item, use click(atText"item name"); We hope...
almost 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Make a link which has 2 lines and the second line is shorter than the center correctly clicked in playback

When a link has 2 lines and the second line is shorter than the center, the link is not correctly clicked in playback. Request to make the link correctly click in playback. [Environment] RFT 10.2.1(RFT perspective + RFT Extention on MS-Edge)
about 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

Add function to adjust the width of the table cell showing VP comparison result in unified report

In Details pane of unified report, tables showing data grid VP result display actual/expected data in fixed-width cells. Long data cannot be fully displayed in a cell, and short data has too much space. Both cases degrade readability.
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

IBM RFT v10.1.2 - Maven plug-in not supported

Hello Team, It will be useful and beneficial for the teams if they like to import Maven-Java projects with Selenium automation scripts already designed and developed. We noticed, IBM-RFT v10.1.2 does not support the Maven plug-in. We tried contact...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Unable to view folders and files created outside WebUI perspective

Team, This problem is found with IBM-RFT v10.1.2 - Web UI Perspective. User-A created folders "Regression_Test" and "Sanity_Test" in the Web UI project. User-A successfully checked into the TFS system. USER-B checks out the latest project from the...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Using RFT 3270 scripts with Jenkins

We are unable to start RFT playback triggered from a Jenkins server, when Jenkins is running as a Windows service on the Jenkins node. However this works fine when Jenkins node is connected running a JNLP file in a browser or via CLI.
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

providing a way to add Reference to .NET assemblies from RFT Project on VS instead of editing file manually

provide a way to add Reference to .NET assemblies from RFT Project on VS instead of editing file manually Other assemblies can be added by placing in the RFT customization folder and would be more convenient if all assemblies were handled in same ...
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Transaction Data on the WebUI Report

Would like to have the transaction information on the WebUI report like it is on the exportable error report. It gives the beginning of the transaction, all the steps, and the end of the transaction.. time and verdict of pass, fail, inconclusive.
almost 6 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 3 Future consideration