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Possibility to install IDz v17 in z/OSMF mode

So far only IDz EE has a ServerPac package in ShopZ to be installed with z/OSMF, so customer needs to request IDz EE licences as a workaround
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Future consideration

Promotion of Remote Syntax Check

We need a visibility enhancement for the Remote syntax check function in order for the developpers to see it fastly and use it more than what they are currently do.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 5 Future consideration

HOLDDATA for ADF products - Support FIXCAT and ERRSYSMODS reports

Add and update Enhanced HOLDDATA (http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html) for all ADF FMIDs.Currently, each product must be checked individually: * Explorer for z/OS - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047906#311...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Future consideration

special non-IBM Enterprise COBOL statement

Compile of program was successful but using RDZ it got parsing errors
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

RFE of formatting support for multi-byte COBOL editor

When I use Developer for System z, the following limitation is written. Windows>Preferences>COBOL>Editor>Formatter Indentation Tab : "Note : Indentation formatting is supported for single bytes character set source encoding only" I'd l...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

MODIFY SEND command should work for DBCS code pages.

MODIFY SEND command should work for DBCS code pages.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

Enable support for various psuedo-volumes in conversion assist tool

The conversion assist feature of tivoli advanced reporting fails to correctly identify various psuedo volume options supported by competitive solutions. As a result it fails to properly categorize archive and backup instances resulting in conversi...
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Functionality already exists

zOS DFSMS Naviquest: Include Last Dataset Update Date/Time Field

Hi, Our 3M Environment reached an stage where we urgently requires Information on the z/OS Datasets Last Update and unfortunately it is not currently provided. The closest IBM provides is LREF+CHGID and which is actually False Information.- The CH...
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm 1 Not under consideration

Provide support for ON DEMAND Migration

Currently, product has no support for ON DEMAND MIGRATION. DFSMShsm has a new feature that Advanced Reporting has no support for reporting on. Want to be able to differentiate between on demand, primary or secondary Space management.

Compatability Scan when migrating to new COBOL versions

We would like to have a batch interface to RDz which could scan our Cobol Source Libraries for incompatablity scenarios. we would like this feature to be able to run as a batch job on the host, so no download is required, but can be done purly in ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration