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UML->JPA: Support modeling NamedQueries

The JPA transformation doesn't have a way to model the named query in RSA 8. so running JPA to UML will just ignore all the named queries.
almost 14 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Planned for future release

RFE for functionality to generate MTOM compliant XSD and for generating multipart attachemtn SOAP requests in RSA

So what we need is a way to model a base64Binary type in Modeling mode(starting from scratch) that is also enhanced via the xmlns:xmime="http://www.w3.org/2005/05/xmlmime" namespace.
about 14 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Planned for future release

Enable BIRT Web Viewer to access UML data sources

BIRT reports can access the UML models of RSA/RSM thanks to UML Open Data Access (ODA). In the report design perspective of RSA, a report having a UML data source can be previewed in a web viewer (Run > View Report > 0 In Web Viewer). Howeve...
almost 15 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Planned for future release

Ability to change dependency's relationship type

Ability to change dependency relationships directly from, for example, "Abstraction" to "Binding" without having to delete and redraw is required.
almost 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Planned for future release

Ability to run webpublisher from command line to schedule the generation at night

Tis is a request to have the ability to schedule the web publishing of model files.It is currently possible to run the web publishing from a command line ant script using for example:---@echo onsetlocalset BASE_DIR=%~dp0 REM *********** Local enva...
almost 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Planned for future release

Model to model tansformation framework should provide mechanisms for getting plain text from rich text valued features

The M2M transformation framework should provide mechanisms for getting plain text from rich text valued features. For example, maybe it is possible to instrument the implementation of the Move mapping to detect rich text and then convert to plain ...
about 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 4 Planned for future release

Request for a virtual folder for links in the Project explorer

Associations are grouped in a virtual folder "Associations" in each package. However, Links (Instance Specification of the Association) are not. When working with a large number of object / links, it can easily overload and pollute the view. It wo...
about 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Planned for future release

RFE: Easier way to browse type of instance specification from the PE

Currently the quickest way to browse to the type of an instance from the PE (not from the diagram) is: 1. Right-click instance in PE 2. UML Properties..: 'Classifier' is opened by default. 3. Right-click on the class in the right pane > Select ...
over 16 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 1 Planned for future release

Ability to not copy referenced model that have no references back the model used as template.

This is a request to get additional functionality to provide an option to not duplicate the referenced models that have no references back into the template model using the following scenario scenario
almost 17 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 1 Planned for future release

RSA: enable the ability to reverse a dependency (or any relationship)

The client would like the ability to reverse a dependency relationship (or any relationship).
almost 17 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 5 Planned for future release