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Status Not under consideration
Categories Build
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 3, 2023

The customer suggests that EWM show more friendly user messages on Engineering Workflow Management source control.

The customer suggests that EWM show more friendly user messages on Engineering Workflow Management source control, for example, on the Subcommand exit codes (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/elm/7.0.2?topic=reference-subcommand-exit-codes), we can see below some Values with the Status's message without an explanation.

Value - Status
3 - A failure occurred for an unknown reason
7 - A failure occurred due to an unknown internal error
13 - reserved (OSGi exception)
23 - reserved (OSGi exception)
24 - reserved (OSGi exception)
39 - Encountered an IOException.
26 - Server error.

 

Thank you.

Idea priority Medium
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
  • Guest
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    Mar 9, 2023
    EWM Ideas review board has evaluated this request. This request, while valid, is unlikely to be addressed in the next 18-24 months due to other higher priority items on the Backlog. Although we are closing this request, it will be kept in IBM's ideas repository and may be reassessed or reopened for additional discussion in the future. We value your feedback and thank you for allowing us to partner with you in developing our products.