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Open component in web - first tab should be Repository Files

Current behavior: By default when opening a component you are seeing the Overview tab, this brings no added value Expected Behavior: it would be more helpful to see directly the Repository files tab and avoid an additional click. Asked IBM if ther...
22 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Future consideration

Unique names for SCM Baselines

Current behavior: In SCM there is a trigger "Ensure Snapshot Names are Unique" that restricts the creation of Snapshots with the same name on the same stream For baselines there is no option to restrict the creation of a baseline with the same nam...
22 days ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Needs more information

Allow adding a descriptive comment/reason when locking files in EWM SCM

Current behavior: In IBM Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) SCM, when a file is locked, other users can see the lock owner, but they cannot see the reason why the file was locked. For example, when another user attempts to unlock or modify a lo...
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Future consideration

Show all file versions / change sets in SCM web client

In the web client there is a limit of 100 versions, that you cannot increase. (the existing workaround is to use the Shell client or Eclipse client) The users want to to see all versions / change sets in the history in the web and to be able to op...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Future consideration

EWM SCM - create permission restrictions at folder level

Current behavior: Basic role can create folders, which goes against out SUP.8 Configuration Management process (control of storage and CIs); The folders should only be created by the Configuration Managers (min. extended access). In the data model...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Future consideration

[IDz] Add new option to Preferences: Accept new baseline automatically

Our developers work on the same streams and sometimes same components at the same time. Then, they deliver the different sources, build stream and package stream at different moments. When nouvelle baselines are created, they will appear in the ot...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Not under consideration

Defective pop up warning message while submitting the code review

We classify this idea as a defect. Beneficial to end users , saving time to resubmit code review from Eclipse client, improving end user experience and making workflow effective, saving time. Currently with v7.1 EWM Eclipse client when an author s...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Is a defect

The "Select a Stream or Repository Workspace" dialog should have a pre-filled search text and a default result list

The "Select Stream or Repository Workspace" dialog could be improved to help accelerate developers' workflow. When changing the Flow Target or comparing Stream/Repository Workspace, it currently displays an empty text input and an empty list (if t...
12 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Not under consideration

When accepting the update, you can choose whether the modification time of the file is the current time or the time of the repository.

In the pending change view, accept updates. The modification time of the files in the sandbox is the current time, not the repository time. for example: 1,developer zhangsan modified 1.txt and deliver to EWM at 2025.3.17 10:00，developer lisi load ...
12 months ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Not under consideration

Full history to be shown in EWM Eclipse Client

When opening the history from an AM4 server stream is not possible to see the baselines before March of this year. An IBM ticket was created where they said that this is the limitation of the tool, see case TS019690390. But we would like to have t...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Source Control Not under consideration

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