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Asset Manager

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Provide Admin capability to change Master Administrator e-mail address (admin@somwhere.com)

RAM has a "Master Administrator" account defined with a default e-mail address admin@somwhere.com which is not a valid e-mail address. When a user selects "Request access" from somewhere on the RAM server browser interface, an e-mail is sent to th...
almost 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

rebuild index job should start from the latest created assets

When a rebuild index is started, the first assets you have available to search are the oldest one, the newest created assests become available to searched when the job is reach its end.We would like to have a parameter to start indexing the latest...
about 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Add a drop down selection list for label in RAM

Currently in Rational Asset Manager, when submitting an asset and adding artifacts there is a label field that is a text field, we would like to have the option to edit the label field to make it a drop down selection field so we can add governanc...
about 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Allow only users defined in RAM the ability to register in RAM

Any user in the RAM network domain is able to register in RAM and browse assets. The goal is to limit users to only those users already added to the community. We want RAM to check for users in the communities and or groups before it lets a user r...
about 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Provide configuration for user session timeout

RAM should allow the System or Repository Admin to configure a user session timeout. When the user session is inactive for the specified period of time, the user should be logged out of RAM.
about 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

RAM and RTC Clients need to support smart cards (CAC)

The RAM and RTC clients, both Ecli[pse based, do not support smart card authentication.
over 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Hide list of communities before login

Rational Asset Manager displays a list of communities even before the user logs in. Although the communities are grayed out, and users cannot download assets from them, before logging in, the names of the communities are visible.
over 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 1 Future consideration

RAM 7.5.3 - Import / Export library with more than 1000 assets

RAM 7.5.3 - Import / Export library with more than 1000 assets Dear, When we were in version 7.5.2.4 of the IBM RAM tool, it was not allowed to create a library with more than 25 assets to export. As a workaround, a fix was written by IBM that cor...
over 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

RAM license management capabilities with UrbanCode and BigFix

Provide means for BigFix and UrbanCode license automation feature to compare software deployments and actual use to licenses owned and stored in RAM.I store my assets for UCD in RAM, I would like to be able to store my licenses in RAM as well and ...
over 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 0 Future consideration

Need to hide community names from users who do not belong to the community

We would want the community names to be hidden for a RAM instance for a normal user who is not part of any of the communities. Only the members of the communities should be able to view the community. This is pretty similar to projects handled in ...
over 7 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 1 Future consideration