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Do not install Microsoft Access database engine when installing ClearQuest

ClearQuest clients are deployed on end users' Windows PC. The Microsoft Access database engine is automatically installed when the CQ client is installed, but it clashes with the installed MS Office, making it impossible for MS Office to operate p...
almost 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 4 Is a defect

Add a "Test" email button

When configuring the email server settings, it would be very helpful to have a "Test connection" type button to ensure the mail configuration works. In the event of an error, exposing the error through the UI (and not requiring directions to the p...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Future consideration

Progress indicator for export activities in ClearQuest Web client

We are currently using ClearQuest Web version 10.0.6, with the server running on Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and backend databases hosted on SQL Server 2022. In the deprecated native ClearQuest Windows client, we ran queries and viewed the resul...
12 months ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Under review

Implement ClearQuest User Account Password Management

Implement ClearQuest user account password management including: user must change password on next login, password expiration, account lockout from failed login attempts, user self-request for a password reset and tool provides reset link/method. ...
almost 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 0 Future consideration

Enhance patch automation to support tWAS instances installed by IM in Admin mode

Many tWAS instances were installed by IM in Admin mode. During WSA patch installation, the playbook terminated with error message: >>> ValueError: Installation directory is not owned by wasadmin but IM accessRights is admin The tWAS was ...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

CQ web site configuration settings needs to be schema specific

In cqweb, we have site administration settings, that allow us to set various options including security options, application options, webserver options. report, email etc. In a server where we have multiple schema, these settings are common for al...
about 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Dynamic Forms: Buttons linked to text field is not hiding when linked field is hidden

In dynamic forms , we have linked the Button to the Reference list and if linked Reference list field is hidden button also will be hidden. but it is not working for other fields like text , multiline and choice list. if we linked the Button to th...
over 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Include embedded products: BAW and ODM

I like the automation feature but it is incomplete without the embedded products. For eg, I cannot use its features on WebSphere that is underneath the BAW or ODM products. So far, I have discovered that even WAS that is installed as part of the p...
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Controlling the display of CQ repositories in ClearQuest login

Currently whatever repositories Looking for a mechanism to restrict the list of repositories displayed during login in CQWeb based on an entry in the CQ Web URL. At the moment all available repositories from the server [Maintenance Tool] are displ...
almost 6 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 3 Future consideration

Hide specific record types from query creation base on users/groups

I would be nice and more secure to have the availability of hiding specific record types from the new query menu for specific users or groups.
almost 8 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration