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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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keyboard hot-key for the ACS launch actions like"Launch Run SQL Scripts"

Product: IBM Rational Developer for i Currently there is no keyboard hot-key for the ACS launch actions like "Launch Run SQL Scripts" . Now , this is a way to right click at object in remote system explorer and click "Launch Run SQL Scripts". I us...
over 4 years ago in Heritage 1 Not under consideration

Rational Function Tester support of ADOBE Reader DC

We upgraded all our systems and products to use Adobe Reader DC and we are not able to update the objects for the new version of the Reader which were earlier recorded and stored in our object library, of Rational Functional Tester. The recorded t...
almost 9 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test UI 2 Not under consideration

adding a return code for the AdminTask object methods

I have been writing Jython scripts to perform basic tasks such as creating and deleting JAAS Application and J2C Auth entries in WebSphere. I noticed that some of the methods return no value so it is not easy to determine whether or not they have ...
over 4 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Improve Usability of "Select Event for Message" Dialog

Extend the „Select Event for Message“ dialog with an additional option: “Show only connected ports” When this option is enabled:1. Hide all ports from the “From Port” list, that are not already connected to one port of the “To Port” list (and vice...
almost 9 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Real Time Edition 2 Not under consideration

setLockTimeout in client for writes

The ObjectMap.setLockTimeout method only applies to get operations; it does not apply to write operations. Write operations always use the configured lock timeout. We would like the ability to use the setLockTimeout method for write operations in ...
almost 9 years ago in WebSphere eXtreme Scale 0 Not under consideration

Allow different port ranges for each destination in ClearCase MultiSite

We want to be able to use a single “proxy” host for CCMS routing but have different port ranges for each destination. In other words, to support a route line like below with a “proxy” host and 3 destination hosts but the host proxy can be configur...
almost 9 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

LDAP users can't be locked in the CPS GUI

CPS has 2 kinds of user accounts: intern or LDAP. Intern users can be locked, LDAP users can't even with the admin account (Security administration: full permission). A workaround is to delete the user account but that's not possible when the user...
over 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Future consideration

Require pre-locked snapshots

Is there any way we can deploy only lock snapshots in particular environment. As per lock snapshot feature-Its locking the current version of the snapshot to prevent any changes, so that there is no further changes can be done. But there is no way...
over 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Default value for "Detect membership conflicts"

Introduce a key in $CCM_HOME/etc/ccm.properties, that permits to set a default value for "Detect membership conflicts after updating projects".E. g.:detect.membership.conflicts = true
over 13 years ago in Heritage 4 Not under consideration

Request to set the transaction timeout on connections to Microsoft SQL Server to a value other than infinity.

Our company has a production Business Process Management deployment which experiences intermittent outages due to the fact that we are unable to reset the transaction timeout on connections to Microsoft SQL Server to a value other than infinity. T...
over 13 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration