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    option to always check "Discover the pending changes to load for building x" in User Build

    When opening the User Build dialog, we see an option on the second page called "Discover the pending changes to load for building x".We would like a preference to set the default value of this option, so that when the preference is true, this "dis...
    about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

    Add Visual and Logical Text Layer in DB2 properties for IDz 16.x

    Hi, For Hebrew users (or other languages that write from right to left), there is a need to read the SQL results in Visual Text Layer, otherwise the data is displayed in reverse order. We can't find the Text Layer option on Default BiDi Settings i...
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

    Perform Batch Reanalysis on FA Originating LPAR in SYSPLEX

    This idea would benefit all users who run Fault Analyzer in a sysplex environment, use Fault History Views that cover history files from different LPARs in said sysplex, and have LPAR specific dependencies where running the batch reanalysis on an ...
    24 days ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0

    Missing DB2 load/import option in IDz 17.0.2

    Until IDz v15, with the Data Source Explorer, the Db2 load/import option was available, but now that Data Studio has been deprecated (since IDz v16), the functionality is missing?
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Under review

    DB2z Connections: Display SQL query with complete table or field information

    When an IDz DB2z Connections SQL query is executed and the table being queried has a very large field, it is displayed with an ellipsis at the end.If the ellipsis is selected, a window is displayed showing the entire record. Sometimes, the record ...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Planned for future release

    Alternative schema to be searched in place of the SYSIBM schema

    The Catalog navigation function requires read access to several Db2 system catalog tables. In some cases, system administrators deliberately do not grant access to SYSIBM. Instead, a set of views, or copies of the system catalog tables are in an a...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

    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 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

    Detect column of THEN and ELSE in IDz Code Review for COBOL

    One of our installation rules for coding "best practice" COBOL programs requires that the programmer codes the (optional) THEN keyword and the (required, if applicable) ELSE keyword in the same column as the corresponding IF keyword. Statements fo...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

    Needs IDz user build to support EWM dataset definition using variables

    When a dataset definition in Engineering Workflow Management (EWM) is defined with a variable like ${myPrefix}.MYCPY then IDz user build doesn't resolve it and dataset is not added to the generated JCL. rsecomm log will show IDz client user build ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Future consideration

    Automated backup of IDz workspace

    Automate the backup of IDz workspace.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

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