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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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WAS traditional: Allow setting JMS sessions as unshareable from the application configuration

There's a known issue (limitation) when using connections to databases or messaging providers from for example servlets without using server-managed transactions. It's described here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/common-reasons-why-connection...
almost 5 years ago in WebSphere traditional 2 Not under consideration

Make "Description" field for Application Deploys a property

In order to enforce certain keywords for deploys, it would be valuable to access the "Description" field in Application deploys via a property.
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi)

Please change the icon for Rational Developer for i (RDi). The current one is horrible and looks like a fuzzy dark meaningless spot. When this icon was originally changed about 2 years ago I called support thinking there was a problem with my inst...
about 3 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 0 Future consideration

Snapshot Description

It would be nice to have the component description carry over to a column on the Snapshot/Component Versions tab.
almost 5 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Future consideration

Icon images of xml test log in Microsoft Edge should be appearred like IE

IE11 goes out of support on 15th June 2022 so we are preparing to use Edge instead but icon images of xml test result are not be appearred on Edge like IE and it is very hard to see. See attached image files:- XML_Test_Log(IE).png- XML_Test_Log(Ed...
about 3 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Functional Tester 2 Functionality already exists

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

Allow mail notification scheme to send a mail to the person who triggered the deployment process

Currently, UCD only allows you to specify the recipient as a notification scheme through the roles. There are a couple of different use cases that require additional freedom: The option to specify that the mail should only be sent to the person wh...
about 3 years ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 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

Add support for ignoring unknown elements in SOAP response

We run an application on Liberty that performs SOAP-based API calls to a third party API. The API changes frequently and adds new elements to the response, which breaks our application until we update our client code as well. When previously deplo...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere Liberty 0 Future consideration

Request you to provide an API which will help me get Environment security and deployment report.

Request you to provide an API which will help me get Environment security and deployment report.
over 1 year ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Future consideration