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Host/Distributed SCM Integration

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Support Endevor v19 on CARMA plugin

We saw in the below documentation that the supported Endevor version under IDZ v16 CARMA plugin is 16/17/18: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/16.0?topic=workspace-from-ca-endevor-software-change-manager-scm " Supported Releases of CA ...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

Endevor v18 function support in IDz 14.1.5

The new feature for IDz concerns the CARMA bridge interface to Endevor. Endevor release 18 allows for 256 character element names for USS support. The current CARMA interface only allows for 10 characters. The CARMA interface should support the ne...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

missing data access support for carma

working with carma elements in carma view/search . there is no option to use DATA access support,no hover, or content assist is suggested for any sql code in EXEC SQLstmt.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Syntax Check Facility in RTC-Userbuild to support error feedback

The Syntax Check Facility for user build works for the setup, when the input file to the compiler is also defined as the input of the translator. As soon as the client uses a translator running a preprocessor resolving macros in a dedicated step, ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

CARMA dialogs "Add" should retain "Bypass generate processor" choose

CARMA dialogs "Add/Update" should retain "Bypass generate processor" choose. I added a screenshot (see uploaded file Capture1.jpg).
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

User build: the dependencies not in the pending changes are not always in the PDS related to the team build

We would like to deploy user build across our organization. But we have a problem with the way it selects dependencies through the 2 options available on page 2. The first option selects the pending changes to load. They involve dependencies disco...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 6 Not under consideration

More easily configure the configuration of a userbuild

The configuration of a userbuild under IDZ requires, among other things, access paths for the groovy script and for the workspace and the output space.These input fields should be optional and you should be able to type them or copy values into them.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Future consideration

Keep configuration of a userbuild under IDZ in Preferences

The configuration of a userbuild under IDZ should be kept in the preferences. These parameters are not often modified but they must be re-entered regularly for each new project.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Adding a timeout feature in IDz

We have developers reporting that when a program is in edit mode then the component will show up as locked. There are several times, devs forgot to close the programs and the releases cannot be deployed unless the devs go in IDz and close the prog...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

improvment in carma view subfolder refresh mechanism

carma view displays wrong extentions to member and unsynchronized members list in carma view and search view, if changed.the only way to refresh the view is to refresh directly the parent folder.holding the members.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration