Hey there George,
VarChar may well have been on planned for r7.1 and/or r7.2.
But...plans change...in large part to customer feedback and also change in our strategy.
For example, integration with CA API Gateway, planned for CA Plex r7.2, was not directly requested by customers...but it's a critical part of of our AppDev strategy to facilitate the orchestration (via CA App Service Orchestrator) of RESTful APIs and "API-assembled Apps".
Plex customers can join the CA Plex r7.2 agile collaboration program here:
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/cso/closed-betas/plex72/plex72validation.asp
Plex customers can join the CA App Services Orchestrator r1.0 agile collaboration program here:
http://ca.com/aso
Position on the Idea wall weights heavily in the prioritization process...but it is not the only factor.
Cheers,
Simon
Simon Cockayne
Sr Principal Product Manager
Product Owner: CA App Services Orchestrator / CA Plex / CA 2E
Twitter: @simoncockayne
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