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Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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Change the license type

To avoid UCD outages (what means no deployments anywhere) during license key server downtime even when LKS has HA redundant server configuration (while license servers may be kept by different team and had downtime issues), the UCD licenses should...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

RDi - Change position to proc in editor using outline

When using the RDi outline to choose a proc, the proc is always positioned halfway down the screen. I request a change to position to the last line of code prior to the proc as the first line in the editor. Position to the last line of actual code...
about 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

WebUI - Object identified by should be set more reliable property when create VP

When create VP for a table, right click on Content property and select "Create Verification Point for 'Content'", then, Object identified by is often set "Coodinates". Unfortunately, timeout error occurs 100% in playback because it can't find the ...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Deployment warnings should be exposed as a consumable property

We are currently making use of the warnings feature in UCD where we are marking the deployment with an ucdWarning in certain cases. When looking at a deployment through UCD, it's clear that there is a warning and that the person needs to take a cl...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 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.
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Future consideration

Provide "summary view" of WebSphere Automation registered servers, total servers, number of cores, etc

Since WebSphere servers are registered with WebSphere Automation, and WebSphere Automation is licensed on the total number of cores available to the registered WebSphere servers, we should provide a "summary page" that shows the total number of re...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

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 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Future consideration

Impersonation deployment issue due to wrong onwership on work directory

Impersonation deployments are failing with UCD agent where work directory does not have right ownership permission.When users run the impersonation deployment /work directory is not getting created with the parent directory permissions.For ex: If ...
about 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Automatically propagate SAF identity when client and server are in the same cluster

For z/OS, customers are always logged into the traditional environments. This means they have an identity that is verified and trustable. The z/OS TCP/IP stack and the Java runtime support the notion of trusted identity propagation. The client mus...
over 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Support .NET Core 6.0 Desktop Applications and WPF in Rational Functional Tester

Currently RFT supports .NET applications until the .NET 4.6.1 version of Desktop Applications. Such .NET version is obsoleted from Microsoft in mid 2022 and Microsoft encourages to migrate applications on .NET Core 6.x applications. So new Desktop...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration