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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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Switch option to finish searching all repositories in the federated repositories right after user is found.

In customer's WAS 8.5.5.x system, many base entries for each CN entries in customer's LDAP are registered to the federated repositories. In current design, search results for user are returned after all repositories are searched. Federated reposit...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Require Ansible playbooks to deploy and manage WAS ND deployments

Client is using CP4WAIOPS Infrastrututure Management to deploy and manage WAS ND. When they used the tooling in the past they had used Chef cookbooks to build and deploy WAS ND systems. Since IBM Purchaed RH, the CloudPak has indicated that Chef i...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Upgrade UML to Java Transformation to handle Enum implementation of a parameterized interface

Enum implementation of a parameterized interface gets wrong super type name
over 2 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Designer 2

Upgrade UML-to-Java Transformation to prevent Java Classes from generating 'default' methods from implementing Interface

Class generates 'default' methods from implementing Interface
over 2 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Designer 2

Hybrid flow for openidConnectClient and openidLogin

Only implicit flow is available for oidc login. Hybrid flow is believed as more secure
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 2 Not under consideration

New functionality to Restore a Backup to Dataset

The existing zOS Utilities step “Rollback Dataset Step” is capable to restore the previous version from a (automatically created) backup file. There is a rare case, that a single file from a deployment would need to be restored - in this scenario ...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Support for a more recent version of Eclipse

Rational Software Architect Designer (RSAD) should support a more recent version of Eclipse than 4.7.
over 2 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Designer 1 Planned for future release

Set Branch name with a property on a Git Source Component

For a Git Source Component or Component Template, it would be great to set the branch name of the repository depending on some property. I would like to change the branch depending on the environment. Now I have the same component replicated for e...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5 Future consideration

Deliver signed eclipse.exe with Rational test tool packages

Security policies on government provided laptops allow only approved applications to be run elevated. The eclipse.exe delivered and installed as part RPT is unsigned. Every time a new, unsigned version of eclipse.exe is included in a tool upgrade,...
over 2 years ago in DevOps Automation / Test Performance 1 Future consideration

Mapping of a role in a JWT token to a technical user ID in SAF/RACF

As of today only WebSphere Liberty on z/OS and z/OS Connect EE (which is also based on WebSphere Liberty on z/OS) can only map the distributed user ID in a JWT token to a mainframe user ID in SAF/RACF. This is a problem when there is no equivalent...
over 2 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration