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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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Make Locks table usable for all

The locks table does not load for users if they lack certain read permissions. Being able to identify what's holding a lock is a useful function that should be more accessible to all. Instead of nothing loading, it would be better if at least a su...
about 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 4 Not under consideration

Urbancode Deploy needs a plugin for z/API's

It will be very helpful to have a plugin available in Urbancode Deploy for deploying API's to various environments. Currently we deploy using z/OS Connect, API Connect and the Oracle Gateway. The scripts are made by our deployment team. It would ...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Model RealTime automatically switch to "Problems" tab when any issue occurs

In GUI there are consol panel in bottom right corner. Now when any issue in models is detected a "Problems' tab is opened automatically. This is troublesome in some cases eg when user is checking Search results. It would be good to change this beh...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / Model RealTime 0 Under review

Add a mechanism to allow users to access directly to a deployment page with all the wanted deployment values pre-selected

We want developers to be able to deploy their changes with the minimum possible effort and to reduce posible human errors. We want to be able to redirect them from the build tool directly to a deployment page, with all the required information pre...
8 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5

Step to retrieve/read version status

Need a capability to retrieve/read the Component version status. Currently only Add/Remove version status steps exist. However there the no way to access this status programmatically by using a property or plugin step. The status gets used in Envi...
8 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 5

Need capability for restarting the failed process from the plugin step which actually failed

Currently when we repeat the failed process, it starts another run altogether and hence starts from begining again. Instead we want a capability of restarting from the failed step similar to what a mainframe JCL offers. This functionality is very ...
8 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 3 Not under consideration

Need WMB plug-in for ACE12 to deploy to ACE12 environments via UCD.

We've been using UCD WMB plug-in version 47 to deploy to IIB10 environments. Now we're migrating our interfaces to ACE12. The plug-in doesn't work for ACE12 deployment (attaching log while we're trying to deploy to ACE12 using the current plug-in)...
almost 3 years ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 8 Functionality already exists

Logs For Encryption Keyrotation

With Urbancode Deploy v 7.2.3.1 a new utility is provided keyrotate which can be used to rotate encryption keystore for UCD. When running this utility no logs are generated, it only gives a summary of the key rotation at the end of the keyrotation...
over 1 year ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 1 Under review

Implementing Time-Based execution lock for Application processes

Hello Team, To control and restrict when an application process can be executed, we need to implement a time-based execution lock. This mechanism will allow the process to run only within a specified time window, ensuring it is executed only durin...
8 months ago in DevOps Automation / Deploy 2 Needs more information

Enhanced journaling in Installation Manager

When something goes wrong during product installation or update with IM, it's often difficult to do a post-mortem. The current logs are not sufficient to pinpoint the failing step and root cause. Thus it would be helpful to get clear and detailed ...
4 months ago in DevOps Automation / ClearCase 1 Not under consideration