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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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Handling Attachments and setting field values at the same time using OSLC 2.0

In the web client it is possible to add an attachment to a recordBefore saving the attachment into the database, the user can also modify some fields on that record (e.g. Description, Tags etc.)This is important if some fields become mandatory if ...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Future consideration

Make dragging elements from search results possible

Make it possible to drag elements from search results to class or structure diagram. When using find-named-element, it is realy handy if it would be possible to drag the find elements from the search results to eg a structure or class diagram. Now...
over 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 0 Future consideration

RSARTE: do not redefine member variabels in subclass

Static code checkers like cppcheck give warnings on rsarte generated code for redefining member variables in subclass (like rtg_parent_state andrtg_class). This makes it very difficult to use RSARTE i.c.w. static code checkers.
over 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 0 Future consideration

To capture failed process logs

We are looking for way to fetch failed deployment logs for specific time period using uDeploy API. It should fetch below details-Application name, environment name, Requested date, Status (Failure or Success), Failed Child Step name, Reason for fa...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Add SAML / OID authentication to RIT / RTCP portal

Direct access to central authentication servers using ldap/s protocol will not be allowed in many companies in the near future. Authentication must be possible using SAML and/or OpenID/OAuth. Same auth info might also be used for GIT/Repo Access A...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Virtualization Server 1 Future consideration

Make "Description" field for Application Deploys a property

In order to enforce certain keywords for deploys, it would be valuable to access the "Description" field in Application deploys via a property.
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi)

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi). The current one is horrible and looks like a fuzzy dark meaningless spot. When this icon was originally changed about 2 years ago I called support thinking there was a problem with my inst...
about 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Snapshot Description

It would be nice to have the component description carry over to a column on the Snapshot/Component Versions tab.
almost 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Allow mail notification scheme to send a mail to the person who triggered the deployment process

Currently, UCD only allows you to specify the recipient as a notification scheme through the roles. There are a couple of different use cases that require additional freedom: The option to specify that the mail should only be sent to the person wh...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Add support for ignoring unknown elements in SOAP response

We run an application on Liberty that performs SOAP-based API calls to a third party API. The API changes frequently and adds new elements to the response, which breaks our application until we update our client code as well. When previously deplo...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration