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IDz/CARMA - new package status "Execute Failed"

Would like to see a new Package status of "Execute Failed" in CARMA. When I select IN-APPROVAL and APPROVED, I see Endevor packages that are in those statuses but also see packages that are in exec failed status. Please include a Package status of...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Future consideration

Request to build IDz on latest version of Eclipse.

Customer is requesting to build IDz on latest version of Eclipse to enable Co-pilot. Current version doesn't support enabling co-pilot, which is one of the blockers to drive adoption. Co-pilot makes coding easier as it has enhanced IntelliSense fe...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

SQL autocompletion

Hello, In IDZ15 we had autocompletion of column names of DB2 tables in sql scripts (see attached file Capture1.png). Can't we find the equivalent in IDZ1604?
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Vertical display of Program Control Flow diagram

Hello IBM, I'd like to display the result of the Program Control Flow vertically from top to bottom because this is more usable for exports in other documents and it saves space. (long section names steal place in a horizontal display). Thx Michael
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Log on at remote systems when sources with copy libraries on property group

Even if you have sources with an associated property group configured with Copy Libraries pointing to a SYSLIB on a remote system, when you open a source with copys not present in the local SYSLIB, the copybooks are marked as not found. If in the ...
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Automatically populate the "Data Type" when running a selected DB2 statement

Since the previous "Value"s are stored after running a selected DB2 statement, it would be helpful if the "Data Type"s of these host variable would be retained. This would be especially useful for queries with several conditions. It seems as thoug...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

save more eclipse view preferences

We're facing the fact, that some preferences for views are not saved when closing and reopening the IDz client. For example there are views that do keep the size and order of their columns whereas other views don't. Or there are views that have th...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Increase ease of use for updating SYSLIB in remote property group definitions

Currently the SYSLIB definition in property groups is presented as a single field containing several blank-separated data set names.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

optimize content assist for big Cobol modules

Under some conditions, content assist can completely freeze the UI, interrupting flow of work. This should not happen: either the completion should return results quickly (under a few seconds) or it should stop blocking after a configurable timeou...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

Allow the ability to replace Property Groups with Importing

When importing Property Groups, show the conflicting Property Groups unchecked in the list. If the user checks them. Overlay/replace the Property Group. The current scheme of having to delete a conflicting Property Group before being able to impor...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

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