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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

Rational Automated Software Quality

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Want to name VP steps in a WebUI script and show them on Unified Report.

[Environment] RFT10.5.1(WebUI perspective) [Description] Want to name VP steps in a WebUI script and show them on Unified Report. For example, in case of Unified Report in English, a VP step starts from "Verify" word so it could be easy to find th...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration

Default browser in playback for the first time should show the same browser as recording

[Environment] RFT 10.5.1(WebUI perspective) [Description] Default browser in playback for the first time should show the same browser as recording(RTW_WebUI_Browser_Selection setting). Actual behavior: For example, when try following steps, (1) St...
about 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Future consideration

Allow folder and script file name changes in IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT)

We adopted IBM RFT for our functional test use. This tool is based on Eclipse. For regular Eclipse Java related project, it is very easy to make changes on Folder/File name changes. Since during the development, it is very common for the team to a...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Not under consideration

Upgrade RFT eclipse to support Java 11

We need to move our framework to java 11 to take advantage of the improvements but having RFT still on Java 8 is a hindrance.
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Future consideration

RFT dispatch UI events into html5 <CANVAS> objects: example:: Mouse UP event listener is active on <CANVAS> dispatch Mouse UP

Application makes extensive use of <CANVAS>. Multiple WebGL Listeners are enabled on the <CANVAS> hence JavaScript is ready to execute on 2D and 3D WebGL objects. 3D model display manipulation and selection requires a complex Listener ...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Not under consideration

Allow specifying a resolution for RPT Citrix-recording via Web

Currently you have to start the remote desktop session with the same resolution that you want the Citrix recording to happen at. When recording via ICA file you can already choose the resolution. It's very inconvenient to have to log off and log b...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 0 Future consideration

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point)

RFT version 10.2.2 does not support the pdf document open with edge browser ( Reading pdf content, save pdf files, pdf content verification point) - Whenever RFT is dealing with pdf , RFT hungs - RFT never works for pdf file with IE and Edge - We...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Not under consideration

NGINX Ingress Controller Support for RTAS in AKS

RTAS support for AKS is currently provided with Emissary Ingress which required additional CRDs to be installed at the cluster level. Security team advising to use NGINX Ingress controller as a standard since the hardening for AKS can be done as w...
over 1 year ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 2 Not under consideration

CMake Support in RTRT

Rational test real time does not support CMake projects, which is a de-facto choice for managing C++ projects now a days. CMake projects, are supported by almost all modern IDEs. Its difficult to create a separate project for RTRT using the source...
almost 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / RealTime 6 Planned for future release

feature to differentiate each image VP captured on a control by setting different name

Image verification points created on the same page have the same display(control) name in a simplified script and it makes difficult to differentiate each VP. If a user tries to change the control name of one VP to something (for example "A"), ...
almost 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 1 Future consideration