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IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services

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[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

GC application sends OSLC configuration creation requestion with title as simple literal instead of XML-literal

Environment(i.e. Build ID, Client and Server O/S, Browser, OptIn/OptOut, CM Context (Stream, ChangeSet, GC etc)): 7.0.2 iFix010Client windowsServer LinuxBrowser: Chrome and EdgeCM Context: Global Configuration Description of Problem: We have devel...
5 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Integrations 2 Not under consideration

GC REST API to list in which global configurations is used a local configuration

In on gadget we use the "gc/gc.webui.findUse" request. This request give the list of global configurations that contain a given local configuration. Example : https://elm702/gc/gc.webui.findUse?uri=https://elm702/rm/cm/baseline/2F_5JlNEC0REe62aK8r...
about 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management 1 Not under consideration

Improve runtime visibility of Repotools scripts

The repotools scripts used during the ELM version migration processes should show the approximate time remaining to complete and the percentage already completed for the task.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Systems Engineering 1 Not under consideration

Enable concurrent edits on an EWM Dashboard

On our projects, multiple stakeholders are allowed to make modifications to project dashboards. these can be as simple as re-arranging widgets. Or it can be to add complex widgets with involved configuration. Today, if two people each are editing ...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Process templates have no any migration routine on upgrade or importing from previous releases

We have migration routing through extension points to manage permission and other process template settings during a server upgrade. But this is only for project areas, there is nothing similar for process templates when server is being migrated. ...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Export/Import process templates on different versions does not preserve permission structure for user roles.

There is a related workitem from foundation as the manage of process template source is on their side: 494200: Process templates have no any migration routine on upgrade or importing from previous releases. Once they complete this enhancement we m...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Improve usability / messaging for users when attempting to "save" personal GC with "Missing Configuration" items.

Would like to see a usability improvement for users taking an action that would result in saving their personal GC with "Missing Configuration" items, which the system prevents. Currently, it is not very clear that this situation is why the system...
3 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Global Configuration Management 3 Not under consideration

Implement Compaction/reindex for JTS Index

We just recognized our JTS Index has grown to > 500 GB which caused performance issues when executing Backup of Indices.After executing reindex the size was just 2.5 GB.
4 months ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services / Administration 2 Not under consideration

Add push notification system to ELM to warn users with a specific message

When a maintenance operation is planned, we need to communicate to users about the unavailability of the servers. Today, we are sending mails. However, we cannot know if the users have read the message and are aware about the date of unavailabilit...
over 1 year ago in IBM Engineering - Foundation/Common Services 1 Not under consideration