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Rational Automated Software Quality

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Additional error handling functionality for unattended test runs

As originally discussed on the forums, it was suggested to submit a RFE. (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=7c067db9-35f8-4936-8d86-c29d9848a9e8) We are looking for a solution to automatically stop/exit the test whe...
about 5 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 5 Not under consideration

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point)

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point) - Whenever RFT is dealing with pdf , RFT hungs - RFT never works for pdf file with IE and Edge - We...
about 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Not under consideration

RIT Database DB2 Mutual SSL / Certificate Authentication

When defining a database connection in Physical View for a z/OS DB2 database, it's currently not possible to configure Mutual SSL / Certificate Authentication as described for example on this page: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=sudsdj...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Workbench 1 Future consideration

Verification point comparator should be opened from "View Results" of test log in Edge as the same as IE

IE11 goes out of support on 15th June 2022 so we are thinking to use Edge instead but in Edge, verification point comparator doesn't open from "View Results" in the HTML and XML test log like IE. We request that verification point comparator is op...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Functionality already exists

feature to differentiate each image VP captured on a control by setting different name

Image verification points created on the same page have the same display(control) name in a simplified script and it makes difficult to differentiate each VP. If a user tries to change the control name of one VP to something (for example "A"), ...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Creating JDBC requests in Rational Performance Tester

RPT should support creating a JDBC requests to perform the database testing plan unline how Jmeter support it. Ref: https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/build-db-test-plan.html
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 2 Future consideration

Support drop down list in recording of Edge(Chrome)

When record selecting an item in drop down list, following coment is added in a script and you need to add java snippet in the script. // Ignoring the dropdown click, manually add statement for selecting item, use click(atText"item name"); We hope...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Have an option to automatically delete browser hitory when doing a HTTP reording

Every time I do a http recording it's best practice to delete browing history, even cookies, in fact RPT tells us so, see first picture. Why not have a check box somewhere on this dialog in second picture
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 6 Not under consideration

Create option to open browser in incognito mode using startBrowser

Create option to open browser in incognito mode using startBrowser
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

Mixed mode support in RTW

Sometimes applications use Windows common dialogs and mixed domains. Rational Functional Tester natively supported this, and this feature should be put into Rational Test Workbench so that these dialogs can be accessed, and not blindly via keystro...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Workbench 2 Future consideration