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    UserBuild execution from source code Mainframe remote PDSs

    IDz does not allow to execute UserBuild with Cobol programs stored in PDSs directly. That functionality is only allowed in local project source files. Any developer that wants to execute an UserBuild on a PDS source program will need to: Have a cr...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

    DBB: C and C++ compile support including ErrorFeedback

    Currently only PLI, Cobol and Assembler compiles with ErrorFeedback are supported in the latest DBB version of IDz16. For the programming languages C and C++ there is no standard support. A custom implementation in Groovy for the C and C++ compile...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 3 Future consideration

    Single Sign on with RTC and IDz

    We use Rational Team Concert and IBM Developer for z.Users must logon in both Systems. Passwort in IDz cannot be stored because of security.
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    New method IPropertyGroupContainer.addPropertyGroup(IPropertyGroup)

    As a developer of a plugin for IDz within my organization, I would like to have a method that allows me to add an instance of IPropertyGroup to a container. This method should be similar to the existing methods: - [createPropertyGroup(java.lang.St...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

    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...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future 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 ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Future consideration

    Sample SCLM RAM need to handle SCLM type extensions

    Why it is useful? - The current sample SCLM RAM does not work with type extension and to make it work, a lot of customizations are required for the repository access manager in order to connect to SCLM from IDz. If this change is implemented, the ...
    11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

    Consistency about of Jinja2 template between Ansible and Python translator

    On the python translator approach, it requires to reference the variable from a conditional deployment via the "environment" dict. In Ansible, this is different - variables can be accessed directly by referencing it's name. The documentation outli...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Planned for future release

    Automated backup of IDz workspace

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

    Support patterns for Ansible variables for core building block member_copy/*

    The Python Variables for member_copy support patterns as outlined in the documentation allowing a higher flexibility than the Ansible variables . Ansible-based configuration only provides the static "type" variable. Align the variable configuratio...
    5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Planned for future release

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