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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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UCD Packaging v2 vs UCD Packaging v1 (Creating sidefiles for Fault Analyzer for Assembler-modules, UCD Package format V2 not working properly)

When running UCD packaging v1 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is taken care of properly, gets copied to zOS the correct way and can be used as is. When running UCD packaging v2 the variable file mentioned above (sidefile) is NOT taken...
6 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

REST API to manage the permission entitlements

Hi Team, We are looking for a REST API which can help us to manage the permissions entitlements in UrbanCode with respect to roles.Where we provide input as YAML file for example as listed below and that helps us to replicate the permissions for t...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Under review

Be able to fill Secure Values with properties and make them visible

There are some step fields asigned as Secure Values, so when we fill them we just see dots and they are seen as * when exporting the process. For example the Download Artifacts for ZOS External Repo, values Repository Password and Artifactory api ...
12 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Add branch control capabilities to ClearTeam Explorer Version Tree.

On UNIX/Linux, the native Motif based Version Tree browser had the capabilities to create/remove branch types, as well as, the ability to attach and remove branch instances. Base ClearCase users found this to be useful where they wanted to create ...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 1 Under review

Update Environment Inventory statuses from the component template processes

In order to properly convey information to the users about a deployments status, especially after a failure, we need to be able to update Environment Inventory statuses from within the component template processes. Its in the component process whe...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

View permission for roles, teams and users

We would like a permission setting that allows some users to view role settings, and detailed information about teams and users without needing access to edit them. In our organization we have one team that is responsible for running the server an...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Under review

UCD Settings - Mainframe Pipeline Admin - Server Configuration - possibility to set different settings in Manage Security, like viewing the settings set. Now you are able to change them ALL!

We as Pipeline Admins as well as our Security department is interested in limiting the risk of people having to many privileges in UrbanCode Deploy. Today you see this if you toggle the Manage security setting on/off:Manage Security - gives you th...
about 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Under review

integrate IBM Velocity approval gates with an outside source through a REST API

At our last IBM UCD/Velocity lab advocate meeting, we discovered that there is no way to integrate IBM’s approval gates with an outside source through a REST API (or any other means it sounds like) so that we can plug in the Approval Gateway Tool ...
3 months ago in DevOps Automation / Velocity 2 Under review

Agent name integration in UCD Deployment output logs for better debugging

For any deployment log in UCD, if we open the output log, few details are displayed like below under the environment.environment: AGENT_HOME=/opt/urbancode/ibm-ucdagent AH_AUTH_TOKEN=**** AH_WEB_URL=https://ucd-service.lloydsbanking.cloud:8443 AUT...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Under review

New API method to obtain component versions selected on a Application Process Request

We have an External Approval Process that needs to know which component versions are being deployed to do the validation.We opened a case and been provided with a 'unsuported' rest API call that provides this information. We open this IDEA to make...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review