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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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RTAS Installation with No-Cluster Admin

RTAS installation in Openshift requires Cluster Admin rights and this permission is not possible for a organization using Openshift platform with a multi-tenant topology Requiring a Cluster Admin for installation of the product is not possible sin...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 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 ...
11 months ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Changable context root of Integrated Solutions Console

Using IBM WebSphere Application Server by default the IBM Integrated Solutions Console is just accassible using the context root /ibm/consoleSome customers want to use another context root for their administration console for which it would be nic...
5 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Support for custom URL Resource Providers in WebSphere Liberty Profile

Within our company we use WebSphere Liberty Profile during development since it greatly improves the performance. Unfortunately there is some disconnect between full-blown WebSphere and WebSphere Liberty Profile in the area of configuration. The f...
over 10 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Future consideration

Keep preferences when moving databases to new location when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to move a database to a new location in the file system while keeping all existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by ex...
about 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Keep preferences when renaming user when using direct LDAP connection

With direct connection from Rational Change to a corporate LDAP server (Change 5.3.2.2), the possibility to rename the ID of users while keeping their existing preferences has been removed.In RDS this was possible by a combination of setting the "...
about 3 years ago in Rational Other / Change 1 Not under consideration

Container-Image for Rational License Key Server

Provide a Container-Image for the Rational License Key Server to run in Kubernetes/OpenShift.The licensing files contains the MAC address from the server(s) where the RLKS runs. Until now it is not possible to specify a static MAC address for a PO...
over 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Not under consideration

IBM SDK v8 support for Apple Mac OS (M1 and M2 processors) to support developing J2EE applications on Apple Mac OS.

There are a lot of different WebSphere Application Server stack-products available for which all need to be running on IBM SDK v8 when using the traditional application server. More and more J2EE developers moving to Apple Mac OS, for which the ha...
11 months ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement Filtering in notification

There is no filter to choose under what criteria to send notification to whom. e.g. Different teams are responsible for different cells, so notification can be sent based on cell names and the target team. Or some managers prefer to get notificati...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Integrate RBAC support directly into Design Room One

Currently in order to have RBAC support and Active Directory integration for Design Room One you need to integrate it with the Keycloak application. That means additional installation and ongoing maintenance overhead to get Design Room One up and ...
11 months ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Not under consideration