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Configurable JAVA home path for zCodeScan

zCodeScan inherits the systems JAVA_HOME path that is present via profile or the invoking shell script. It would be beneficial to allow the configuration via either a zCodeScan environment variable, such as ZCODESCAN_JAVA_HOME or something in the ...
11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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...
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Add support for IMS explorer to use certificate/smartcard as login method toward IMS Connect

As an extension to IMSES-I-112 we also suggest adding certificate logon support for IMS Explorer and especially Transaction Test Project towards IMS Connect. This as a way to further improve user experience and security as clients then can use exi...
3 months ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 0 Under review

Add support for jwt between IMS Explorer Client and IMS Connect for Transaction Test Projects

When using for example OTP (one time password) as a method for MFA, that is a requirement in many organizations, to logon RSE etc. Each task/service require a separate logon with a separate OTP, some services does not even support OTP. As an examp...
3 months ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 0 Under review

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?
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Under review

Allow AAM to nullify EXPDT/RETPD

Files that do not get a DC and/or MC and are allocated with an expiration date cannot be deleted with normal BR14 MOD,DELETE or with IDCAMS DELETE without PURGE. This is the same functionality that this product replaces in our shop - Broadcom Allo...
3 months ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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...
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under 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 ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Future consideration

Automated backup of IDz workspace

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