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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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CMI Integration - Restricting the end user to select only tasks that are mastered locally, now it is allowing to select tasks mastered in any site

With current configurations in CMI, with custom query, it was listing all the tasks to select even though mastered in other site in multisite environment for associating tasks in ClearCase operations, which is not correct. A single element version...
about 2 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Under review

Observed a negative value for %D and a dash(-) for %{R}W in the NCSA access log

In the customer's WASv8.5.5.20 system, they have observed a negative value for %D and a dash(-) for %{R}W in the NCSA access log. Referring the WAS code, it just subtract System.currentTimeMillis from the previous System.currentTimeMillis. We were...
almost 2 years ago in WebSphere traditional 0 Future consideration

Version control for processes

Ability to version control processes with a version control system, i.e. Git. This would allow for better tracking of changes and a better experience for developers.
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 3 Needs more information

Highlight changes in draft process

It is difficult to see exactly where the changes are in a draft when using Safe edit for component processes. It would help both the developer and colleagues doing review if the process editor could highlight changed steps and properties. The high...
4 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Future consideration

Provision for Tagging Servers with Environment and Application Name to Maintain WAS Inventory and listing these using these tags

Currently there is no features of custom tagging so dashboard showing all the server without any grouping. Custom tagging will allow to tag the servers with their environment (PRD/UAT/DEV) and Application Names. So this will allow to do the listin...
12 months ago in WebSphere Automation 0 Future consideration

Require Ansible playbooks to deploy and manage WAS ND deployments

Client is using CP4WAIOPS Infrastrututure Management to deploy and manage WAS ND. When they used the tooling in the past they had used Chef cookbooks to build and deploy WAS ND systems. Since IBM Purchaed RH, the CloudPak has indicated that Chef i...
over 1 year ago in WebSphere traditional 1 Not under consideration

Metadata for Teams and Groups

Would it be possible to have a description or metadata field within the teams and groups. Currently we need to manage and maintain an external file that contains owners and approvers for team and group access requests, this can be difficult to mai...
10 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 5

Default Teams for New Objects Amendment

We currently have permission issues within our resource tree where visibility and usage is incorrectly assigned. We have several groups that are used by platform teams that are then assigned into roles. We have found that people are not updating t...
10 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 2 Under review

Add formatting options for the MOTD in system settings

Add basic formatting, perhaps in Markdown, for the MOTD box in system settings. New LineBoldLinks I think that these are the most relevant, but it might be easier to just implement a full markdown rendering engine.The current way I get a new line ...
2 months ago in UrbanCode / Deploy 1 Submitted

Enable Liberty installables download through FixCentral API's

To fully automate(unmanned) Liberty software build pipelines to (1) check latest release versions and (2) download it through FixCentral, we wanted FixCentral download feature to be made available through API's, something like hosting them on deve...
11 months ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Functionality already exists