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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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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 ...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Planned for future release

Display the compute nodes with their FQDN in vCenter instead of their IP

Since v2.3.3.2 of Cloud Pak System, BigFix entitlement is no longer included. Our organization is transitioning to Flexera FNMS (FlexNet Manager Suite), an IBM-certified alternative to BigFix/ILMT as described here (https://www.flexera.com/blog/it...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak System 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.
over 1 year 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...
almost 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...
almost 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.
over 2 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...
over 2 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
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 2 Planned for future release

Time calculation

Once the plan or task is paused for certain amount of time, it shouldn't be included in actual duration; actual duration should be "elapsed time" and total duration should be what currently the actual time is.
over 2 years ago in UrbanCode / Release 2 Planned for future release

Not having access to perform action on print screen in Edge

RFT is not able to access any element from print popup in Edge. - Launch the edge browser- Click Print link from Setting or press ctrl + P
almost 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Planned for future release