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This is an IBM Automation portal for Cloud Platform products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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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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Installation Manager - function to reverse 'import'

While installing RSA with WASTE, and OSGI feature pack (following a similar process to that described at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21441810), the test environment is imported. Other IM operations can be reversed (install/uni...

Limit the number and type of database objects in a DB synchronization

We need a way to limit the objects that are synchronized (other than by specifying 'Owner' or the table name (when the results are returned). We'd like to limit the number of table objects that are selected for synchronization prior to the compari...
over 13 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 1 Future consideration

IBM Installation Manager should install a software using relative path

The problem is with the Installation Manager. When we install a product, the installation manager use the full path during the installation to point to some of the directories/files. This cause us a major issue since we install the application an ...
over 14 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 1 Future consideration

Upgrade of models should give a result

The upgrade process for upgrading all fragments to the newer UML version should give an result. It would be nice if there should be a possibility to find out when the progress is ready with upgrading the UMLModel.

Search and Replace in EGL

A string function to search and replace substring.
about 15 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

To be able to export/import diagram information using xmi/xmldi

The customer wants to be able to import and export diagram information using XMI[DI]. At the moment this is not supported only XMI.
almost 17 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 3 Future consideration

Ability to do headless batch publish

Rational Rose Web Publisher has a command line interface that enables you to publish models using a batch processor. (An attached document contains more details on this.) A set of similar functionality should be supported by the SDP-based products...
over 19 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Designer 2 Future consideration

Allow specifying a resolution for RPT Citrix-recording via Web

Currently you have to start the remote desktop session with the same resolution that you want the Citrix recording to happen at. When recording via ICA file you can already choose the resolution. It's very inconvenient to have to log off and log b...
about 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / Performance Tester 0 Future consideration

Option to display stub parameters in report

We have no possibility to display in report the stub parameters in report when calls are compliants with expected values. During audits not all information are displayed in report then Authorithies shall understand the PTU file to audit the tests,...
over 2 years ago in Rational Automated Software Quality / RealTime 2 Future consideration

this is a test case to see where this idea ends up

Clint Advocacy is investigating if this idea portal actually works for ClearCase and ClearQuest. Are the ideas reviewed and then forwarded to the HCL Dev team ?
almost 3 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration