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ClearCase and ClearQuest

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ClearQuest Web Client Configuratble Print Button

Provide the ability to disable or customize the CQ web client “Print” button / icon. Allow: 1. Enable or Disable the print button function. (minimally). 2. Assign a default custom report per record type to the print button (ideally). The current C...
over 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 5 Not under consideration

increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
2 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

IM albd check should use alternative to NTLM

Installation Manager (IM) currently uses legacy NTLM authentication to check for clearcase server process (albd) credentials during installation on Windows.More and more customers disable NTLM in their environment which causes albd check to fail.T...
about 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

upload cmapi jars to Maven repository

This request is to upload clearcase CMAPI jars into Maven2 repository (https://mvnrepository.com/repos/central) That would improve the visibility and usability of clearcase API to java programmers.
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Not under consideration

ClearCase "Notify" program should support secure mail relays

The current "notify" program shipped with ClearCase on Windows will only connect to an "open" mailrelay over plaintext SMTP. An open mail relay can be leveraged by malicious actors to send spam, possibly magnifying the impact of a network breach i...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 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...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Forms: Buttons linked to text field is not hiding when linked field is hidden

In dynamic forms , we have linked the Button to the Reference list and if linked Reference list field is hidden button also will be hidden. but it is not working for other fields like text , multiline and choice list. if we linked the Button to th...
about 3 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

No world writeable Clearcase Logfiles

Clearcase writes world writeabel logfiles in Directory /var/adm/rational/clearcase/log. This is a security violation and is not allowed within Commerzbank.
almost 5 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

ClearCase Base Perl V2 Integration not working with Load Balancing

ClearCase Base V2 Integration with CQ Web entry point gives issues when used along with load balancing. Whereas, when requests are routed to single server, the execution is always successful.Please refer to TS002134059 for all the logs and case de...
about 5 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Not under consideration

Better vizualisation of added and removed attachments in modify-mode

After adding and removing several attachments to a record in the web-client,it not comprehensibly which attachments have been added, which have been removed and which are actually stored on the record. For a better visibility we would like to have...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Future consideration