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Debug for z/OS

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Debug a Cobol program (6.3) using LangX side file

With Cobol 6, we cannot debug programs using LANGX side files. We would like to continue using this feature as we were able to do with Cobol 4 programs
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Debug Tool should start up when transactions get an AICA

If the application gets an AICA (CICS), the only message the developer gets is a connection lost. We figured out that the AICA is explicit trapped in the Debug Tool. But we want the AICA to be passed to the frontend.
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add customization/rules for 'Code Coverage'

This is request to add 'customization/rules' to 'Code Coverage'. One example, is 'ELSE' statements for each DB2 SQL statement. All 'ELSE' statements are marked as 'not covered' and report statistics do not provide accurate picture. Number may be c...
about 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Debug Tool should report the Jobname and Jobnumber in message +EQA4037I

It is very difficult in transaction systems like IMS MPP's, to find out the messages (i.e. Displays) if the user does not know in what region the IMS transaction was debugged. Therefore the Jobname and Jobnumber would be very helpfull
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide additional commands in Remote Debugger

As we try to run DebugTool MFI and remote using the same configuration and command files we would like to have the following commands supported in RemoteDebugger:- COMMENT- CLEAR LOG- %IF- EVALUATE- LIST %dt-var- GO Also we would like to have a De...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Ability to determine if any CICS transactions have debug session active

Currently there is no way to query if any CICS transaction have debug sessions active
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ANALYZE command

The following restriction should be removed (excerpt from Debug Tool, Reference and Messages Version 11, Chapter 5, Debug Tool Commands): The ANALYZE command displays the process of evaluating an expression and the data attributes of any intermedi...
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Improve DTCNDELETEDEADPROF to delete only unused profiles for a specific period

Enabling DTCNDELETEDEADPROF parameter causes to delete all profiles after logoff of the user. Unfortunately, debugger users should redefine deleted profiles at their next logon. A new parameter so to delete only DTCN profiles that have not been us...
about 2 months ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to specify two EQAUOPTS datasets in eqaprof.env

Copied from case: Hello, I'm setting up STC EQAPROF and was wondering if you could specify more than one pattern in the variable default_dsname. At the moment it looks like this:default_dsname="É&USERID.DLAYDBG.EQAUOPTS" We would like it to be...
about 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Debug Manager to implement sysplex awareness

Currently Debug Manager is not sysplex aware, and it depends on zExplorer which also is not sysplex aware. But some ability for debug manager to resolve the IP address of the debug client, accross the sysplex is needed in order for debug manager t...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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