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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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For a user lockout feature with time limit from UCD side

UCD 100 days lock For a user lockout feature with time limit from UCD side, as user will not get locked out automatically after 100 days.
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1

UUCD 7 UI has a lot of white space and less information can fit in a window

We're updating from UCD 6.2 to 7.1. The UI has changed a lot and we are still getting used to it, but there are a few things worth mentioning. In this case it's about how much information can fit in a window. Not as much as in 6.2! I think the wor...
about 4 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Enabling Bottleneck Detection Metric in Insights Dashboard of DevOps Velocity

According to the documentation provided by IBM https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/devops-velocity/5.0.x?topic=bar-bottleneck-detection , the Bottleneck Detection metric helps highlight points in the value stream where work is slowing down, allowing us to...
7 months ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 1 Needs more information

Using another functionality instead of XMIT when doing a Backup during Deploy Data Set

in general, the XMIT function is not allowed on production Z/OS systems due to security reason A deployment of a new member in a data set with backup configured is using XMIT to generate the backup information. com.ibm.ucd.plugin.zos, version: 92,...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Functionality already exists

Quantum Teleportation program

Real-time teleportation is a concept that currently belongs to the realm of science fiction, but it has captured the imagination of many in science, technology, and philosophy. While teleportation is commonly portrayed in media as the instantaneou...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Test Embedded 1 Not under consideration

Add a feature to allow connection between UCD and a suitable data warehouse to archive and retrieve history table.

Add a feature to allow connection between UCD and a suitable data warehouse to archive and retrieve history table. We don’t want to perform archive outside UCD interface (meaning directly from UCD DB to Solix), as data once moved out – auditors qu...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

To enhance WebSphere Automation (WSA) to install and rollback multiple iFixes for one WebSphere Application Server

The IDEA is part 1 of an existing IDEA https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/WASINTOPS-I-107; it limits the change scope to one server. The current design of the product focuses on detecting unresolved security vulnerabilities that affect traditional WebSph...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Industry standard issue tracker for Rational Developer

Rational Developer (for i, z) is a great tool, and like all similar applications, RDi continually has a host of minor defects and possible enhancements. Opening an APAR with IBM for this sort of thing is overly complex and an antiquated sort of us...
over 3 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 5 Not under consideration

Explore the possibility of using ZERTJSSE on WAS

We are trying to configure WASv9 to make use of the ZERTJSSE provider and please note this is a continuation from the instructions obtained via previous case TS013670650. Subsequently we have opened a new case TS017440083 which the IBM support has...
7 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Create documentation for UCD plugins for z/OS

The documentation of the UCD plugins for z/OS is very poor, so we need to create our processes on try-and-error basis. The videos placed on the community are very good but, the plugins should have its own complete documentation, otherwise we are p...
about 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration