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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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Provide CMAPI support for lshistory and other commands.

The CMAPI provides a Java API for ClearCase, but some common commands to "see" what has happened across a VOB have no real CMAPI equivalents -- particularly lshistory.
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

RSARTE: Auto generate getter for type descriptor

We do a lot of checking based o type descriptors Eg D_SomeClass.getTypeDesc().isKindOf(&RTType_D_SomeBaseClass) However the getTypeDesc() is a function we have to create ourself. This is a virtual function that must be overwritten in each subc...
almost 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 0 Future consideration

Streamlining the distribution of a custom provider in CTE

When want a custom provider for merges/compares in CTE We have 50+ clients with ClearCase Manually creating the provider via settings dialog in CTE for every client costs a lot of time and is errorprone So the idea would be to distribute the custo...
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Expose the manual task approved user as a variable

Presently there is no variable that is exposed that contains the user who approved a manual task. Please expose a variable like ${p:approved.user.name} so that we can use the value for other purposes within the process flow.
about 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

RSARTE: Restructure batch.mk for better parallel build support

Batch,mk in recursive batch make type can be optimized for faster builds and easier parallel building of CDT projects.
about 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 2 Future consideration

RSARTE: Add dependencies to RTS in generated makefile

In order to get incremental build to work correctly a dependency towards RTS libraries has to be added. Now we do it our self in rsarte_compile_cmi.mk. # Add dependencies for the targetRTS.$(1)_LIBS_DEPS += \$(RTS_LIBRARY)/libObjecTime$(LIB_EXT) \...
about 4 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 0 Future consideration

Display Component Version status in environment Overview

For the end-user the STATUS of the component versions is important to see. As of today, the environment diagram does not present this information to the end user - see screenshot. This is especially useful when using incremental component versions...
about 4 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

ClearCase4Cds: check "checkedout but removed" files before check-in

In ClearCase Cadence integration, we are using ClearCase GUI to check-in Cadence library, cell, views. Some of Cadence tools remove files in a cellview with unix remove command and not use the DM remove. A check for check-in is needed: If there ar...
about 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

S282 Abend when calling Liberty isAuthorized method

when calling the isAuthorized API to check the profile like below,you will see the abendProfile:AAAAA.BBBBBBB.11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111Cla...
about 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Export and Import data from ClearQuest by Script

The EclipseClient provides a direct way to export and import data or tables of individual record types. The user has various setting options, such as code page, separator, fields, etc. For the export and import schema in the ClearQuest Designer, i...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration