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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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Get file size for a file object

Users cannot get the file size before copying an object to filesystem. This can be a problem especially for files with big sizes.
over 6 years ago in Rational Other / Synergy 6 Not under consideration

make webview update more robust

More users are working from home and going through complex network (VPN, reverse-proxy, ...) to reach the corporate cloud. It is necessary to make the CCRC webview update more robust for such environment. Large webview update can be interrupted by...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Customize Search Columns Results in clearquest web

HI, Using the full search text feature of ClearQuest return results using pre-defined columns, but the request to be able to customize the columns of the results, if we have in common a field across the multiple record types we should be able to d...
almost 5 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Develop a plugin to integrate with SonaType Nexus Repository

Every time we create a release or deployment plan with Velocity, it would be very helpful if we know exactly what artifact is built and saved to Nexus Repository, in order to manage and trace application version. This plugin will pull (or get) dat...
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Velocity 5 Future consideration

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.
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Release 2 Planned for future release

Allow External Approval processes to gather deployment instance information, including component and version info and properties

This would be beneficial for our CI/CD approval process automation because our goal is to approve/deny production releases on an automated basis by utilizing UCD Component version properties to query information in RTC related to a work item statu...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 0 Future consideration

Deployment stats to various platforms

Require stats on number of deployment to various platforms (cloud, mainframe, windows, linux, zlinux, aix) over a specified period of time. Stats can be available via API call or by reading from UCD database.
almost 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Create Version step to add Full/Incremental version type option

Create Version step is very useful when using UCD to create versions and upload files into CodeStation (i.e. using the tool to build the artifact). However, the step only creates versions of the FULL type. Because versions can be full or increment...
over 6 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Not under consideration

Confirmation dialog box before stopping an cluster in console

In the WAS console, when we try to stop a cluster(s), we select the cluster, and click on Stop, and BOOM, the cluster stop gets initiated and there is no way for us to stop that process in case we have stopped it by mistake. In the case of Applica...
over 6 years ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

UML to Java Transformation: Update transformation to handle Map field with an implemented array.

The transformation of Map (java class object) field results in the array being converted which leads to compiler errors. Example: private final static Map<Integer, BIT[]> xyz = new HashMap<>(); Post UML-to-Java Transfromation: private ...