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Heritage

GUI options for clearcase cmi integration

The purpose of this idea is to add default menus in clearcase GUI (CTE, CC Explorer, Windows Explorer) for the following functionalities: -list versions and their association under the current directory -select a current task from the list of avai...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

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...
almost 5 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 5 Not under consideration

ClearQuest install should check for existence of dependent libraries and error or warn if they're not present

Our ClearQuest prerequisites mention this requirement, but the ClearQuest install is allowed to complete (without any error or warning), even when these dependent libraries are not present. This yields errors when running the product after the "su...
almost 6 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

ClearCase MCP Server: would like support of rcleartool and webViews

With the new ClearCase MCP Server : ClearCase MCP server - IBM Documentation It is now possible to configure an MCP over VisualStudio code. But it only supports currently cleartool command line, and dynamic and snapshot views We would like that rc...
6 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Submitted

Need ability to set license timeout

We use FlexLM Floating Licenses for Build Forge. However, Build Forge holds on to a floating license for >24 hours, even when there's no activity from the user. It should be possible to release licenses in a reasonable timeframe, like 2 hours, ...
6 months ago in Heritage / Build Forge 2 Not under consideration

Allow remote source when debugging in RDi

Provide the ability for a system definition in RDi to reference another system for source code. A possible implementation would be to associate a debug configuration with a system definition.
over 5 years ago in Heritage / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Crystal Reports and "Print Record" button functionality in ClearQuest 9.1.0 64-bit client

As a follow up to case number TS004629636, we would like to submit the following Request for Enhancement. Our organization primarily uses the native 'ClearQuest for Windows' client. We use the "CrystalReportsRuntimeForRational.msi" and the 32-bit ...
over 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
over 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

ClearCase report builder should return to ClearCase 9.1

The clearcase report builder was removed from ClearCase in version 9.1. The report builder provides unique visibility into what is happening in the ClearCase environment.
almost 5 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration