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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 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...
almost 3 years ago in WebSphere Automation 1 Future consideration

Provide mechanism for clearfsimport to associate its checkins with CMI tasks in base ClearCase VOBs/views.

Clearfsimport is not just a "one time use" import tool. It is often used to import third party "code drops" and revised versions of tools into ClearCase. (For example, if you are keeping compilers like GCC under source control to improve build aud...
9 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 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...
about 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 0 Future consideration

Bring back ability to check in multiple files in single click with "Apply to All" button in RAD ClearTeam Explorer Extension / ClearQuest integration.

In the past developers were able to click "Apply to All" button when checking in multiple files with Rational Application Developer with ClearTeam Explorer Extension + ClearQuest Perl based integration. However, in ClearCase 9.0.2.x "Apply to All"...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 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 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Future consideration

Enhance JAX-RS 2.0 client implementation to make it use WAS SSLSetting defined in the cell automatically

See also CASE TS005178606.
over 3 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Support for SOAP over JMS for transporting web service messages on Liberty Server

We (www.atp.dk/en) need support for the W3C Standard SOAP over JMS as we are migrating from WAS to Liberty and alot of our applications are using exactly this protocol. Liberty doesn't support this protocol, however WAS does. Refer to WAS document...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 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...
about 3 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

pluginConfiguration - functionality to change the LogLevel during plugin generation

We are running Liberty z/OS and we would like to set the Loglevel in logs/state/plugin-cfg.xml file https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/zos?topic=SS7K4U_liberty/com.ibm.websphere.liberty.autogen.nd.doc/ae/rwlp_config_pluginConfiguration.html p...
about 3 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Future consideration

WebSphere Audit Functionality

Using the Audit feature we want to be able to log any type of configuration change.What was the change, at what time and with what userid.Currently the only filter that allows that is “RESOURCE_ACCESS:SUCCESS ”, the problem is that it logs everyth...
over 7 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Future consideration