IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

Clear

Ideas

    Showing 299 of 9160

    Abbreviation of the directive >> IF constant-conditional-expression

    The ">>IF constant-conditional-expression" directive could support a simplified expression: >>IF compilation-variable-name - this expression would be true if: (compile-variable-name is defined) AND (its value is equal to B'1', or an in...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

    NEXT SENTENCE warnings

    Add optional warnings when NEXT SENTENCE is used and might behave in an unexpected manner
    about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

    Enterprise Cobol - Get the actual address of the entry point of a dynamically loaded program

    When using the "SET function/procedure-pointer TO ENTRY program" instruction, we get the address of a routine that is not the actual entry point of the program, but a routine that allows calling the program. The routine seems to be different depen...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 10 Not under consideration

    Enterprise Cobol V5/V6 - New compilation directive ">>RULES(ON|OFF)"

    In addition to RFE 120105 (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=120105), I suggest implementing a ">>RULES(ON|OFF)" compilation directive to enable / disable controls related to the "RULES ()" compilation ...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Value of Cobol variables may be incorrectly reported

    Enhance the DWARF data produced by the COBOL compiler such that CEEDUMP can correctly identify that a variables value is being held in a register rather than in storage at the time of an abend.
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

    Enterprise COBOL - Display the source code line in error in a *CONTROL NOSOURCE block

    The source code can be hidden or displayed in the listing using the *CONTROL NOSOURCE / *CONTROL SOURCE directives. We use this mechanism at the level of our COBOL framework made up of COPYBOOKs, to hide the documentation (cf. ID=145887), and hide...
    almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

    Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Continuation line for conditional compilation directives

    A line of COBOL source code, limited to columns 8 to 72, to express a complex compilation condition, (>>if, >>when), with variables names that can be relatively long, is not sufficient.It is necessary to use artifices by using intermed...
    almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

    Enterprise COBOL V6+ - IGYLI0245-E error falsely triggered ("varname" was not defined as a compilation variable)

    A conditional compilation variable is used under control of a >>if varname is defined directive.The compiler wrongly triggers an error IGYLI0245-E on the fact that the variable is not defined. The triggered message is an error...The return c...
    almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Is a defect

    UNREFERENCED/UNUSED Listing Sections

    It would be helpful for code cleanup if there were sections in the listing that detailed unreferenced variables and unused subroutines, similar to the way the PL/I compiler shows them in the listing.
    almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

    Enhancement of the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause

    Enhancemen request for COBOLWhat: Variable-length tables, the Enhancement of OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause In a hybrid application architecture where the client resides on a distrubited platform (Java, .Net, iOS, Android etc) there is a need for Main...
    almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

    By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
    Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.