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IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services

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Automatically reconnect to database on initialization

When IBM ELM first starts, it only tries to connect to the database server once. If IBM ELM cannot connect, then IBM ELM enters a fault state and does not try again to reconnect - even if the Database Server comes online again. This is an issue as...
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Installation 0 Future consideration

Rhapsody cannot be configured to obtain licenses through our corporate proxy

We purchased an IBM ELM environment from a SaaS vendor, along with an RLKS instance to host our token-based licensing for this ELM deployment and our numerous local installations of Rhapsody. The goal was to avoid to deal with the management of li...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services 1 Not under consideration

Limit connections for a user and/or ip address

1. For QM, CCM & DNG we need to be able to stop concurrent JTS user authentication logins (whether via GUI or API) using a single user account.2. As we have many automations connecting to RM, CCM & QM instances to get data via OSLC REST AP...
9 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services 2 Not under consideration

Inherit "Release links" from parent GC for PGC

When working in config enabled world, we always use changesets to make changes in DNG streams. As you are usually working in a GC context, the tool then automatically switches to your personal global stream. If you need to have links to work items...
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management 1 Not under consideration

Enable history for the repository permissions and Client Access Licenses.

we are facing multiple access related issues, where it would helpful to understand the removal of repository permissions and Client Access Licenses history for a particular user.
2 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Licensing 0 Future consideration

An API to synchronize a single user from an external registry to the JTS user registry

There is a function to import a single user in the GUI but for automation the GUI isn't useful. Each day there are users that need to get access on the same day they got cleared. Then the administrators synchronize the user manually. We have to ha...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Administration 1 Not under consideration

ability to stop long running services on ELM applications

In ELM applications, (CCM, RM, QM,..) in the "Active Services", some Services runs for long time (in days). They either have some user id or no user id info. There is no way to stop these services. It is also unclear if these services also contrib...
over 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Unassigned 3 Future consideration

[CMMC] Show User Last Logged In Date/Time in JTS

In response to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance, we need to identify the last login date of users and archive users that haven't logged in within the last 180 days. CMMC Finding IA.3.086 requires that user accounts be "...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Licensing 2 Future consideration

[CMMC] Distinguish between Active and Inactive Users

As a part of the CMMC program, there is a need to distinguish between Active and Inactive User sessions in the ELM Suite. AC.3.019 requires that user sessions that have been inactive for a specific time period be terminated. In order to implement ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services 2 Future consideration

[ELM]: Add a version element name for each widget inside the catalog

Context : Widgets are used inside ELM ecosystems. We have the possibility to develop or buy widgets and add them inside ELM. We can add a title, a description, an author,... to identify the widgets. For development, we must be able to make a diffe...
5 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services 1 Not under consideration