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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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Improved VP reporting

Amazing! I just saw it today. We don't have a clear VP reporting. In a VP should be stated clearly "What's expected/baseline: " and "What is observed: ". In all VPs only the observed is documented. Bad, bad, bad.When possible it should be reported...
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Planned for future release

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...
over 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.
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Not under consideration

RTWW - user unable to record the keyboard action

During the recording of a test script there are many occations that the user is forced to use the keyboard controls to navigate the browser Ex: Tab , enter and function keysCurrently RTWW do not support such user actions. It would be good to have ...
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Planned for future release

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.
over 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...
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Not under consideration

RFT support for MS Word and Excel

Need RFT support in recording MS word and Ms excel operations for Techmahindra customer.
over 7 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Planned for future release

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
almost 8 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....
almost 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Performance Tester 3 Not under consideration

RTWW - Copying script from one test to another do not copy the application

In the example I am trying to move the second part of the script as a separate script with an intention to make it as modular scripts.1. I create a new script of type “ New test”2. I cut the module with comments and the application name . paste it...
almost 8 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration