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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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Add text formatting capability (eg. font sizing, bolding, highlighting) to the editor.

Add to code readability and code comments for documentation purposes and emphasize important lines or blocks of code.
over 4 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

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

Want to name VP steps in a WebUI script and show them on Unified Report.

[Environment] RFT10.5.1(WebUI perspective) [Description] Want to name VP steps in a WebUI script and show them on Unified Report. For example, in case of Unified Report in English, a VP step starts from "Verify" word so it could be easy to find th...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 1 Future consideration

ClearCase CMI integrations should allow setting tasks in the GUIs

The Change Managment Interface (CMI) based integrations have replaced some of the older integration methods with an arguably less usable integration. Feature shorrtcomings include: 1. In the old base ClearCase/Clearquest integration, the user can ...
almost 2 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

checkvob should detect corrupted containers

Add a checkvob option to scan the VOB for corrupted source container. That option will prevent critical situation such as multisite replication stuck because of corrupted container. Currently the only way is to open all files until an error is pro...
almost 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Ration Change : Option to disable the Reset Password dialog

In Change 5.3 configuration options : to have an option to disable the Reset Password dialog box. In our case, Change use RDS to store the users preferences but the authentication is made in passthrough mode with the enterprise directory.
over 8 years ago in Heritage 4 Not under 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

Model RealTime automatically switch to "Problems" tab when any issue occurs

In GUI there are consol panel in bottom right corner. Now when any issue in models is detected a "Problems' tab is opened automatically. This is troublesome in some cases eg when user is checking Search results. It would be good to change this beh...
12 months ago in Heritage / Model RealTime 0 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

Upgrade RFT eclipse to support Java 11

We need to move our framework to java 11 to take advantage of the improvements but having RFT still on Java 8 is a hindrance.
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 4 Future consideration