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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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when configuring gatekeeping rules, we can only enter users and not teams/groups

with the current configuration we would need to add an enormous amount of users instead of just the teams and we would need to be constantly updating the rule as staff moves on
almost 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 10 Planned for future release

Support to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 VMs

IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 and 2.3.4.5 provide support for deploying VMs running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8 (as well as a number of different versions of Microsoft Windows): https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-pak-system-w3550/2.3.3?t...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 0 Planned for future release

Fail Fast External Approval Process

In our testing of the External Approval Process we have seen that it waits until the scheduled deployment time to execute the External Approval Process. We would like to be able to configure it so that the External Approval Process executes immedi...
almost 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Planned for future release

Enhance patch automation to support tWAS instances installed by IM in Admin mode

Many tWAS instances were installed by IM in Admin mode. During WSA patch installation, the playbook terminated with error message: >>> ValueError: Installation directory is not owned by wasadmin but IM accessRights is admin The tWAS was ...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Integrate with ServiceNow

ServiceNow is how we track change tickets. It would be nice if WebSphere Automation integrated with ServiceNow so that the installations driven by WebSphere Automation could be started from ServiceNow flows.
about 2 years ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

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...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / RealTime 6 Planned for future release

UCD Datastage plugin Version : 9.998792 needs to be enhanced

UCD Datastage plugin Version : 9.998792 is not working as expected and it is intermittently failing in processing datastage import requests.But it is not exiting instead it is continuing with the next set of import request. We are using the Datas...
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 10 Planned for future release

RFT supports for Microsoft Edge with IE mode

Now, we are using Microsoft Edge but web application designed for IE is still remaining. Therefore, we request RFT supports Edge with IE mode.
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Planned for future release

RFT WebUI automated script should support actions on the HTML page located locally while recording

Case number TS006982051 1. Launch IBM-RFT2. Open the existing Web UI Project3. Create a new test4. Select the “Test from Recording”5. RFT launches the selected browser – Chrome6. Enter the HTML file location - file://mndeeddom.deed.state.mn.us/dat...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Planned for future release

Metrics for deployments to show actual deployer

By specifying the user that triggered the deployment, the metrics become much more meaningful
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 2 Planned for future release