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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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Inherited items in state diagrams are difficult to see

In state diagrams, RSART uses a light gray line style to denote objects (e.g. wait states, transitions) that are inherited from a base capsule. This line style is so light it is very difficult to see. There does not appear to be any way to changes...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 5 Not under consideration

Bookmarks for Source Controlled Items in Project Explorer

It would be helpful to have Project Explorer bookmarks work properly for model elements that are under source control. Although bookmarks for items not under source control seem to work (in that they cause Project Explorer to expand down to the bo...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 2 Not under consideration

Redefine operation doesn't put in a Task Marker

When you redefine an operation (e.g. from an ABT) you get an empty method. It should have inserted a marker (e.g. // TODO - empty method) the way standard eclipse java does when you insert/create a method
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 4 Not under consideration

File name defaults for Fragments

Problem description * Defaults for fragmenting the model are not smart, and may hang the tool when cleaning up model. ** Would be nice if when creating a fragment, the file name defaulted to the name of the Class/Package that the operation is bein...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 4 Not under consideration

direction flags not used for C++

Problem description # use them (in maps to const &) etc # warn when inconsistant with type decoration (const & not compatible with in/out)
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 7 Not under consideration

RSA arrange connectors

In data architect there is an arrange connectors feature: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idm/v2r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.datatools.diagram.core.doc/topics/tarrgselect.html Would like this available with Rational Software Architect. The...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer for WebSphere 3 Not under consideration

Visual indication that a property has a corresponding association

Currently when viewing the list of properties of a Class, for example, there is no visual way to tell which properties have corresponding associations
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

Ability to open external webpage in a separate web browser window

It should be possible to have the external webpage from a web published model opened in a separate web browser window.
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Future consideration

Add ability to transform SoaML Models to SCA 1.1

Rational Application Developer 8.5 introduces development support for OASIS SCA (Service Component Architecture) 1.1.This support is missing from the UML to SCA Transform.
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

Proper CDI Interceptor/Decorator support for Web Service container

To enable proper Interceptor/Decorator support for Web Service bean, and also for the singleton manage beans injected to the Web Service bean. Currently, 1. For Web Service bean, Interceptor does not work. 2. For managed beans injected to the Web ...
about 11 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 3 Is a defect