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    Debug during record to easier create "hard to reach" testcases

    Adding the possibity to record during a debug session will enable the user to create testcase that is hard to recreate otherwise, that normal recording or test case generation will not reach. It's also easier to add testdata that is more relevant ...
    6 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

    override IPL string via API

    I want to be able to override IPL string in start API
    6 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Future consideration

    allow to specify non-contiguous pool of IPs and ports

    We have a subnet that has certain IP addresses already assigned. So we cannot define the whole subnet in ODTZ when defining a target environment. I need to define a non-contiguous pool of IPs and ports.
    8 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Future consideration

    Test Data Generation support for COBOL statements in CICS application

    Without support for COBOL statment(perform, inspect), KB can't use Test Data Generation function. Especially, the limit of "INSPECT, PERFORM, UNSTRING" status should be removed or resolved.
    9 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

    DBCS character set(1364) support

    All EBCDIC data is interpreted as Codepage-1047 (English) and then converted back to UTF-8, which is sometimes inaccurate. if 1364 DBCS character set is supported, then this problem can be solved.
    9 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 3 Future consideration

    Sysplex support

    KB is using TSQ, NCS(Name Count Server) in CICS COBOL applicaion in sysplex environment and so, to test COBOL program using ODT, Syspolex support is essential to use TSQ, NCS.
    9 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Future consideration

    support other Linux distribution for the tool server

    Actually, when you want to install ODTz, the tool server needs to be an Ubuntu distribution.But, in our company, the policy is to install only RHEL. So, can you add other type of distribution in your supported base? RHEL, SUSE, ...
    10 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Future consideration

    Should be able to record IMS TM without closing recording window

    When recording an IMS TM the window controlling the recording needs på be closed in order to use IMS Explorer test case project (or 3270 emulator) in IDz to start the transaction(s) to be recorded. It's possible to close it and then stop the recor...
    11 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

    Isolated recordings for IMS/CICS

    We do have both CICS and IMS. In our installation all the transactions arrive via front end channel applications (no 3270 screens/terminals), so our only way to record transactions in VTP is recording transactions coming from the channel. Besides,...
    11 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

    Enable recording for Cobol VS II

    We are in a process to migrate from Cobol II to Enterprise Cobol and zVTP would be a great resource to help us test but we can't record using Cobol II, we've got an abend S0C4 during the recording.
    11 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

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