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Certify DBB with IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS

DBB and zAppbuild are using git to compute changed files or to carry information about the code base that has been built. It would be great if IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS could be certified for DBB and the build framework
6 months ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Improve startup time of build environment groovyz

For builds with a small build lists - such as user builds or feature branch builds, the startup time for the environment of groovyz (including JAVA and the interpretation of the groovy scripts) takes a significant time. While the personal or share...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered

configurability of RAFC group names

The RACF group names (i.a. DBBADMNS, DBBUSERS, DBBGUEST) used in DBB should be configurable so they can be changed to adhere to company name conventions. Otherwise it can be difficult to roll out DBB Version 2.
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

DBB JCLExec remove dependency to SDSF

When you want to use the JCLExec from a DBB groovy script you can only do this if you use SDSF. We use EJES instead of SDSF and get transaction dumps.
over 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Provide a DB2 z/OS DDL without implicite created Objects

During installation of DBB Version 2.0.0 we found that the provieded DB2 z/OS DDL did not work for us.We are not allowed to us DDL which implicite creates Objects.So we need a DDL which has create Tablespace and create uniqe Index statments.The re...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Would like to have the DBB Userbuild Configuration parameters to be set one time (like with in the Property Group or other with other concept lile YAML/XML file)

This will reduce the developers effort when ever they build a DBB user Build
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Unable to pull all the dependent components when LINK components are processed.

1. ScanAll build option in IBM DBB not working as expected. Unable to pull all the dependent components when LINK components are processed.2. When we run ScanOnly or ScanAll Build then Collection's timestamp in WebApp is not updating automatically...
about 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Provide a sample job for required RACF definitions

With DBB 2.0, when using the Db2 metadata store, the user connecting to the metadata store is required to be part of one of the 3 RACF groups (DBBADMNS,DBBUSERS,DBBGUEST). See also the IBM Doc - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dbb/2.0.0?topic=customiz...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 4 Delivered

Validate BPXWDYN parms in DBB toolkit

I am receiving the following error when compiling a cobol module Caused by: com.ibm.dbb.build.BuildException: BGZTK0016E An error occurred running BPXWDYN command 'alloc dd(TMP00004) shr'. I know this is caused by a blank property value but I cann...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 5 Delivered

DBB - add documentation on how to remote debug java code in eclipse/IDZ

We need a way to remote debug Groovy applications so we can more quickly develop a GIT pipeline. Working with Dennis Behm he pointed out some documentation he had. Please publish this document so the community can benefit from this feature.
almost 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered