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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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RTAS Support for Openshift DR

RTAS is currently not supporting the Disaster Recovery scenarios in Openshift installation type and partially support via Velero plugin installation in Openshift. However, the PVC's backup and restoring it to a different namespace is quite tedious...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 0 Future consideration

Monitoring not linked to an RTAS project

It takes a lot of time to create security tokens for each RTAS project (Rational Tester Automation Server)
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 1 Future consideration

le projet GIT doit contenir le workspace RTW et les composants en dépendance hors du workspace

seul le workspace RTW fait partie du projet GIT , il faudrait pouvoir embarquer les dépendances qui sont en dehors du workspace (application)
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester / Workbench 1 Future consideration

RTCP - Restrict Result Databases for each user

As per our current RTCP version 10.1, any RTCP logged in user is able to see the results from other users as well who published the data to RTCP. This is kind of a security concern and we would like to restrict the data shown to RTCP logged in use...
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Virtualization Server 1 Future consideration

Using RFT 3270 scripts with Jenkins

We are unable to start RFT playback triggered from a Jenkins server, when Jenkins is running as a Windows service on the Jenkins node. However this works fine when Jenkins node is connected running a JNLP file in a browser or via CLI.
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

providing a way to add Reference to .NET assemblies from RFT Project on VS instead of editing file manually

provide a way to add Reference to .NET assemblies from RFT Project on VS instead of editing file manually Other assemblies can be added by placing in the RFT customization folder and would be more convenient if all assemblies were handled in same ...
over 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Database stub should be able to auto-learn stored procedures

In Databsae stub of RIT 10.0.2, it would be good to have auto-learn on Pass-through tab for Stored Procedures. It currently only works for queries but would get them in the stub almost effortlessly if it worked for Stored Procedures.
almost 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Virtualization Server 1 Future consideration

Rational Functional Tester support for Sales Force Lightening version of applications

Play back fails to find lightening version of object and perform actions.
about 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 3 Future consideration

Make Playback Preferences importable/exportable

Playback Preferences (See attached image) such as mouse/keyboard delays as well as ScriptAssure Object recognition properties should be importable/exportable from machine to machine.
over 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 4 Future consideration

RTAS / RTW should have "intelligent " queuing system to handle testing triggers from multiple "Jenkins" or CI/CD server

customer have 20 to 30 Jenkins pipelines, they are currently missing the WoW factor from testing product in hadling it with in the current license model.Their expectations , is 1. RTW / RTAS executions should be used 24/7 . running round the clock...
over 4 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Test Automation Server 2 Future consideration