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    Better documentation of debugger requirements

    it is not clear in the documentation that TAZ has requirements to the configuration of the debug component. Specifically that Delayed Debug cannot be enabled i EQAOPTS. If it is a early development testing recording will fail as it cannot located ...
    about 1 month ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

    Allow TAZ to capture calls that get the current date for replay

    There are programs that perform logic based on the current date. For example, transaction processing. The way to handle the transaction could vary based on when the transaction was received. When capturing the original test case, the recording cap...
    about 2 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

    Handle controlled abends

    Having a main program running, calling a subprogram where the subprogram does an controlled abend is causing issue in TAZ -EDT When recording a program where the abend occurs in a submodule, the correct data is recorded, but during replay the prog...
    2 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

    The error "EQA4093E A valid DBRM file for PROGXYZ is not found" is raised during replay even though the test is successful

    When replaying a DB2 COBOL testcase, the error "EQA4093E A valid DBRM file for PROGXYZ is not found" can be seen in the job output but the replay is actually successful and then job ends with a return code 0. The error message can be resolved by a...
    3 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

    Track TAZ Early Development user licenses - number of inactive, active licenses and frequency

    The customer is requesting IBM to provide detailed reporting on active and inactive user list by frequency. This would help them manage license compliance so they can validate entitlements, plan renewals, and manage budgets effectively. The cust...
    3 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Submitted

    Data Capture outside of mainframe

    During ITBz testing there is a recording file that gets created. The recording does not seem to capture data from outside the mainframe. KB would like to see data from all the systems that are in the flow.
    4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Functional Testing 0 Needs more information

    Soruce code quality management through code coverage for M/F's souce code

    KB performs code coverage for all source code and reports on this coverage to manage source code quality. However, despite the availability of IDz, mainframes are unable to utilize code coverage due to limitations in KB's framework-based common de...
    4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Functional Testing 0 Needs more information

    Unable to change File Status in test run

    Testing code with any status really involving a file (not found, invalid record length etc.) for a better code coverage report by having test cases on those scenarios for a simple programs that really has not many lines would end up creating test ...
    4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 1 Under review

    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

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