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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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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...
almost 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 ?
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

Only update the variables if the view is also set to Variables

Recently, an enhancement request to view snapshots of variable values when an application is running was implemented in IBM Rational Software Architect RealTime Edition (RSARTE). However, if you click with the right mouse button on a capsule, the...
over 2 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Software Architect Real Time Edition 0 Future consideration

RAD and DevOps: ANt Tasks to export partial EAR/WAR/EBA etc.

With RAD or the Build Utility we can export a full EAR/WAR/EBA etc.If we use the RAD Ant tasks as the way to create the artifacts to use in a DevOps scenario with IBM UrbanCode Deploy, it would be useful to be able to build a jar file that contain...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 2 Future consideration

Merge Page Designer and Rich Page Editor into Page Editor

I use Rational Application Developer v9 with the Page Designer and the Rich Page Editor and I especially use the "Code an Action"/Quick Edit button to get a quick snippet of my code. I find it tiring to have to switch between the Page Editor and t...
about 11 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 2 Future consideration

Access WAS Application OSGi Console from RAD

RAD should help developers to test their applications on WebSphere Application Server. For that, it is possible to create profiles without using the PMT directly from the command line (e.g.).So for OSGi application developers, it should be possibl...
over 12 years ago in Rational Analysis, Design & Construction / Application Developer 2 Future consideration