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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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Publish Page Not Showing "Extended" Class info

Web Publish to model: Name not showing up Created a simple model, and use the Generalization tool to extend one class from the other. When you do the Modeling > Publish > Web and look at the published model, there is no information about thi...
over 6 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 0 Future consideration

Query Doesn't Search Beyond 64 characters

We have ccm text boxes that contain more than 65 characters in them. As a result, when we run a query, we don't get all of our information back. We would like to be able to run a query on an ccm text box that searches beyond the 65 characters. Bei...
over 6 years ago in Rational Other / Change 4 Not under consideration

RFT WebUI automated script should support actions on the HTML page located locally while recording

Case number TS006982051 1. Launch IBM-RFT2. Open the existing Web UI Project3. Create a new test4. Select the “Test from Recording”5. RFT launches the selected browser – Chrome6. Enter the HTML file location - file://mndeeddom.deed.state.mn.us/dat...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Planned for future release

RAM: Provide a mechanism to clear queued emails (so that users are not spammed once an SMTP server is connected)

My client, British Telecommunications is currently piloting IBM Rational Asset Manager to manage over 40,000 interfaces within their organization. As part of the pilot they are bulk uploading 200,000 assets into RAM (including approvers etc). At t...
over 9 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Asset Manager 4 Future consideration

Rational® ClearTeam Explorer™ for Eclipse plug-in not working in Eclipse Photon

The ClearTeam Explorer plugin in Eclipse Photon is installable, but not working. Missing ClearTeam Navigator. Unable starting a View, unable to open any ClearCase Element. We need the plugin with the expected behaviour as found in IBM Rational® Cl...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

Creating a new Faces project should include the HCL portlet bridge

After updating portal to CF18 from HCL, faces portlets do not build. HCL (apparently) provided a new portlet bridge jar file which RAD cannot see. The portal runs the portlets just fine but the portlets do not build in RAD.
about 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Add Support for PowerBuilder 2019R3

Our application under test is coded using PowerBuilder 12.5 and there is a wish to upgrade it to PB2019R3, however; support for RFT stops at 12.6.
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Not under consideration

Allow Application Install for .ear Files Greater Than 1 gb

The 1 gb limit on deploying an ear file in WebSphere is causing us to have to use Configuration Manager to deploy any changes to the application and increasing downtime.
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Support Java 2 Security to restrict application acceess to local resoures

This a CAT-I finding for DoD STIG: Below is their reasoning: Rule Title : The WebSphere Application Server Java 2 security must be enabled. Discussion : Java 2 security provides a policy-based fine grained access control mechanism that increases o...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Functionality already exists

Batch Private Query Export/Import

Currently "admin" does not have the ability to in mass/batch export/import all users private queries. Expecting each user to migrate their own private queries from one CQ instance to another during server/CQ version upgrade is very inefficient on ...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration