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    Possibility to define a property group by default

    Hi, It would be useful to have the option to define a property group by default for all imported z/OS projects. Today our developers must select each project and associate it with the property group that we want. An action that can be easily autom...
    9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    Allow user builds to run inside a container

    With the introduction of native container images for z/OS (z/OS Container Platform) it only makes sense to package Java, DBB and the build scripts (zAppBuild or self-written) into an image to use it across different builds. Today, IDz supports sta...
    2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 3 Not under consideration

    Enable key mapping in RCE to switch from editor/view/perspective

    By default, key mapping CTRL+F6 can be used to switch from one editor tab to another but when RCE is opened and has the focus then CTRL+F6 doesn't work anymore. A user cannot use key mapping to switch between the RCE and Editor tabs. In v15, it wa...
    7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

    Enhanced DBB User Build results view

    Today, DBB User build is prompting the developer after the execution with a dialog to list the programs build log and the build report.When the developer closes the dialog, the information need to be retrieved from work directory on USS, which tak...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Support for IDMS (Broadcom)

    Client is interested in analyzing IDMS COBOL within Watsonx Code Assistant for z. The tool is unable to generate explanations due to the fact that we are unable to parse the IDMS COBOL. The ability to analyze their large applications is a high pri...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Code Coverage 0 Submitted

    IM logs readability

    In Installation Manager logs coming with IDz 15 and 16, there's a file named installed.xml (in ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\) which is tied to an xsslt stylesheet installed.xsl Unfortunately this file is not readable in recent browsers, wh...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

    Maintain text formatting by copying/pasting from IDZ to external editor like WORD

    We would like to retain the layout of the text of a COBOL program or a JCL when copying and pasting from COBOL editor IDZ to an external editor like WORD. Indeed, when opening a COBOL program (or JCL) with the COBOL editor (or JCL editor), which i...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Rceapp tn3270 profile host modification possibilities

    RSE API has introduced tn3270 client possibilities. Sadly it connects only to the same host where rseapi is running and there's no override possibilities for the host address, the only possibility is to override port today in the rseapi server con...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 Planned for future release

    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

    Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

    The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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