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Enhance DBB User Build to wait for COBOL language server readiness after VS Code reload

Scenario After launching (or relaunching) VS Code, we open a simple “Hello World” COBOL batch program in IBM Z Open Editor. If we run DBB user build (or run DBB user build with full upload) immediately, the build aborts with the error below. If we...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build / VSCODE Submitted

Display level of debugger on profile management UI for connected CICS regions

Display level of debugger on profile management UI for connected CICS regions, helps users to know the underlying debug levels used in the cics region
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger Submitted

Display the level of the Debug Profile server level

Display the current DPS server level in the UI
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger Submitted

Implement a BMS map editor/viewer

Costumer is interested in have a VS Code based BMS map editor, so they can do the same edits they are able to do on Eclipse. Costumer is moving to VS Code and needs the tool to have at least the same capabilities as Eclipse based IDE.
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Not under consideration

Change the displays commands for the server from Modify to Display

The users that can execute displays commands are going to be able to see details of the RSED started task so metrics could be easily taken from the product without the necessity of a person with a higher power like modify commands in z/OS. These a...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer Submitted

Add some coloring background to COBOL editor

Some users asked to add some coloring into the background when opening a COBOL program when using the COBOL editor, like the isCOBOL eclipse editor (see attached screenshot). For example, for the column 1 to 6, it will be gray and green starting c...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

Have a table showing all variables not used in a program

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of adding an array or a list that would contain all the variables not used in a program. This would make it possible to know exactly what is not currently being used in a program and to be able to mor...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown Submitted

Ability to search for a character in a specific column

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of having an easy method to search for a character in a specific column with Ctrl F and possibly make a Replace all only in a single column. The second one is useful in some language such as COBOL whe...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Submitted
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Double check to execute changes to a table when executing an update, delete or insert query in db2 for z/os

It is necessary that when executing a query using the db2 for z/os tool that contains a statement of type INSERT UPDATE or DELETE, before the changes are applied to the table, a screen is added indicating how many records will be affected by the e...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Future consideration

Enhance GitUtilities class to add the ability to get author name and email information from Git for a given source file

This would allow us to leverage the information for other build related activities and/or reporting where we might need to notify the individual who last updated the file.
11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build Future consideration

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