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    New method IPropertyGroupContainer.addPropertyGroup(IPropertyGroup)

    As a developer of a plugin for IDz within my organization, I would like to have a method that allows me to add an instance of IPropertyGroup to a container. This method should be similar to the existing methods: - [createPropertyGroup(java.lang.St...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Planned for future release
    172 VOTE

    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...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 13 Under review

    Support parallel builds of sources with the same fileBuildRank

    The language task sequentially builds al the sources by iterating over the files in SOURCE_LIST. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=index-task-language Actions Creates a language build list from the SOURCE_LIST by using the sources:...
    10 days ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Submitted

    Add preference for RDz Data Editor to change the square to another monospaced character

    If binary data is included in the record and displayed with the RDz Data Editor, it can include '?'(U+25AD0 in place of a control character. Add a new preference item to the font settings in the data editor to allow users to change the '?'(U+25AD)...
    about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

    Introduce new extension, .spcbl, and potentially a new boolean variable. ${IS_SP}, to be used in DBB and other DevOps products for Cobol Stored Procedures.

    Currently there is no easy way to determine if a Cobol program is a Cobol Batch program or a Cobol Stored Procedure. Since they have different compiler options, it is important to be able to indicate to DBB and other DevOps tools which one - Cobol...
    3 months ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

    Possibility to define a property group by default

    Hi, It would be useful to have the option to define a property group by default for all imported z/OS projects. Today our developers must select each project and associate it with the property group that we want. An action that can be easily autom...
    9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    Improve DBB zBuilder error message if .gitconfig is not UTF-8

    DBB zBuilder can fail with the following error if .gitconfig contains characters that are not UTF-8: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException: Cannot read file /u/user1/.gitconfig at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig.load(FileBas...
    5 months ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Not under consideration

    Enable key mapping in RCE to switch from editor/view/perspective

    By default, key mapping CTRL+F6 can be used to switch from one editor tab to another but when RCE is opened and has the focus then CTRL+F6 doesn't work anymore. A user cannot use key mapping to switch between the RCE and Editor tabs. In v15, it wa...
    7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

    Package DBB as a z/OS Container image

    After the introduction of the z/OS Container Platform we want to leverage that and package our build framework (based on DBB) into a container. This allows us to more easily decide what version of DBB we work with and can more easily add features ...
    about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Not under consideration

    Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

    The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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