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JES output - download to PC all at once (TS017049927)

Please see ticket TS017049927. Ticket question: I am trying to download a list of JES OUTPUTS to my PC. I see you can export individual ones easily but dont want to do this for each one. I tried highlighting all the output, clicking FILE>EXPORT...
about 23 hours ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 0 Submitted

Mouse click enhancements to the Remote Connection Emulator bundled with IDz

Many modern 3270 emulators respond to mouse clicks when working with ISPF menus and screens. For example, we use the SWAPBAR when switching between multiple ISPF screens. To move between one screen and the next all we have to do is a single mouse ...
4 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Submitted

Different methods to connect with IDZ Debugger

Our new VPN software is not functioning with the TCP connection or does not allow connectivity through the IP address/port number. Looking for alternative methods of connecting IDZ Debugger session back to the user when TCP connection is unavailable.
4 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger 0 Submitted

Double check to execute changes to a table when executing an update, delete or insert query in db2 for z/os

It is necessary that when executing a query using the db2 for z/os tool that contains a statement of type INSERT UPDATE or DELETE, before the changes are applied to the table, a screen is added indicating how many records will be affected by the e...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Under review

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE

Bring the Host Connection Emulator HCE back into IDz. Its just better than RCE. Our developers are used to HCE and what it offers. RCE is just not at its level and therefore the developers won't switch to IDz 16.0 unless the HCE is in there.
2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Under review

Re-drive prompts for MFA (and UID/PW) to handle multiple connections from different sysplexes and RACF setups

When IDz has multiple RSE connections, multiple DB2 for z/OS connections, multiple sysplexes, and multiple RACF setups, it’s hard to determine which prompts and logins go with which connection in the current connection configuration in IDz. For DB...
9 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

PL/I MACRO support for IBM Z Open Editor

Please consider PL/I MACRO support for IBM Z Open Editor. We are considering modernizing our development environment for PL/I programs. We are particularly interested in VSCode, which is lightweight and used by many developers, and would like to u...
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

JDK latest and greatest lifecyclemanagement

IDz is considered as a threat for our mission critical applications by our security depertment because it runs on an IBM supported open JDK version 11 This version is considered out of date and does not receive the more structural security enhance...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D'

LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D' . Please refer IBM case TS016750744.
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

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