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Application Discovery

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BUILD CLIENT SHOULD RUN AS AN "OLD SCHOOL OMVS/ISPF" application "WHEN" build parser is rewritten to JAVA

Parser utilizes ZIIP for JAVA parsing, the source code can remain on zOS, BUILD CLIENT does not need graphics....this is a lot simpler than running build on another platform.
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Not under consideration

CA7 - include Front end schedule timings in graphs

In the AD CA7 graphs, include the scheduling & timings to the Front End jobs. This information is in the CA7 report file ingested by ADDI. (see attached email)
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Shared Resources Report - add more details

On the Shared Resources Reports - include more information and group together. For example: on the JCL Physical Dataset shared resources report - include information on the report or allow for a detailed report to show all the JCL & datasets e...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Listing down all the Macros in the ADDI project similar to Includes please

Can we get the option of listing down all the Macros in the project similar to Includes please? Similar to Cobol copybooks we need option of listing down all the Macros. This RFE has been created as discussed with Yip (yiplf@sg.ibm.com) & Tim ...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

AD - Support for GSAM file usage

Non-Hogan programs frequently use GSAM for file access so that programs can use checkpoint restart. The files accessed via GSAM are not shown as files on the call-graph. Nor are they shown as IMS databses
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

VS Code plugin for AD Analyze client

We have spent a lot of time trying to make AD Analyze client work with IDZ without any success. we then resorted to having a separate installation of AD analyze client with IBM Explorer.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Db2 needs to use Security in connection

ADDI Db2 for zOS option does not allow the customer to use a secure connection to their mainframe via Db2 Connect
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Update preprocessor integration via API

Currently, preprocessor integration has to be done manually for each program using the Build Client. If programs are added, it is necessary to enter new preprocessor information for the new programs via the Build Client. With a large number of pro...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

subsequent configuration of the project language and the associated language folder

At the moment, all conceivable test languages must be specified in the system, otherwise a folder for the new language cannot be created afterwardsThe specification of all languages and thus the creation of all folders means that the user also see...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

AD to provide support for REXX

Provide support for REXX at the same level as COBOL and Pl/I.
almost 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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