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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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Limit waiting time for extraction of value

Each VP has a overwrite possibility of the waiting time. This gives you the ability to tune each VP. Similar option is requested on the extraction of a variable in the Variable Assignment Details. A sample project can be provided showing this beha...
almost 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 2 Not under consideration

Ability to edit value which is substituted

When recording you enter a specific value e.g. 27 for a certain field. This value is substituted by an other value (datapool, function etc). I want to edit the original value to make the actual test more readable (27 to Age_from_Datapool). This va...
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 2 Not under consideration

Ability to set/reset WebUI settings in the test

Ability to set/reset the various settings from the script. This enables to control the test execution by the script it self and not based on external settings from the user.
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Not under consideration

Ability to print out to console or log from Javascript

The Javascript files are very fault sensitive. Syntax and logic. The logic can be validated when you have an javascript option (e.g. function) to put variables out to the log and console.
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 2 Not under consideration

Easy to add a information into the log with an action

I want an action to store a message containing test variables in the WebUI log. This helps in debugging or enable to put additional information in the logs.It should have an option to put the same line into the WebUI console when run locally. Simi...
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Not under consideration

RTWW - Central place to define the java global variables, to impact all the variables in the project

Currently user can define the variables only in the script level / component test level, if we are using RTWW in a large projects, there are scenarios where the variables need to have the scope for the entire project (or) all the scripts that are ...
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration

RTWW – is there a way to search “choose application” screen when there are multiple AUT?

when there are muliple applications in the “choose application” screen , it would be good to have a search window to quickly search the AUT
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration

RTWW – Make “Protocol & features” screen mandatory for “newtests”

While creating a new RTWW test of type “NewTest” it is mandatory for the user to select either of these options. If he is not selecting “mobile and webUIfeatures” then he will not be able to perform adding any application in the consequent screen....
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Performance Tester 3 Not under consideration

RTWW - “Test Dependency” of RTWW project

Following fields are always empty, is there a way where user can see some data / use these fields ?1. test Dependencies2. Linked resources
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration

More conditions and loop instructions

As a user I want to have switch condition , do while instructions and so on...
about 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration