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Retain "Software Analyzer" results after RDz restart

This RFE is for retaining "Software Analyzer" results after RDz restart. Also exported results should be able to be imported. A developer needs to be able to continue with the Software Analysis results the next day or any other occasion that a RDz...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Need for a summary of WLM Stored Procedures using Collateral DB2

Using the APA collateral function for DB2 (CDB2 Collateral DB2 activity), APA is able to follow the path to any Stored Procedure (SPC) and will observe the stored procedures. The report is only based on a by WLM SPC. There is an urgent need to hav...
over 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Get default code page of the RSE for the code page HCE

Our RSE code page is set to IBM-1147 and we want to get this code page by default for the Host Connection emulator (HCE) instead of IBM-037 in each new workspace.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 5 Delivered

Expand text of IBM1085I + add "Used but Unset Identifiers" to listing + add RULES(NOUNSET) with ALL | SOURCE as suboption

We have programmers initializing every bit and byte with the INIT attribute in the declaration. Although technically correct this is often completely useless as the correct value has to be set while processing. This programming behavior is bad bec...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Expand coverage of RULES(NOUNREF)

Under RULES(NOUNREF) the IBM1085I message is issued for untyped automatic variables only. We would like to get this message issued also for:- Untyped static variables- Typed automatic variables- Typed static variables
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Expand of RULES(NOGLOBALDO) to RULES(NOGLOBAL) with 1st suboption ALL | DO and 2nd suboption ALL | SOURCE

We want to ensure that no variables from parent blocks are accessed by its containing procedure at all – not only loop control variables: Therefore we would like to get the RULES suboption changed from [NO]GLOBALDO to [NO]GLOBAL:- With GLOBAL as d...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Add RULES(NOLAXCALC) with 1st suboption ALL | SOURCE and 2nd suboption EXCEPT()

We want to ensure that no calculations are done with CHARACTER, GRAPHIC, PICTURE, WIDECHARACTER and/or WIDEPICTURE variables: Therefore we would like to get a new RULES suboption [NO]LAXCALC:- With LAXCALC as default- With ALL (default) or SOURCE ...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

JAVA-less dependancy on the local JRE for Host On-Demand

The ability for Host On-Demand (zOS) to be able to function without the need to use a local JAVA JRE.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Delivered

HoD-Icon soll nicht auf dem Desktop erscheinen

HoD 12 legt auf dem Desktop immer ein Icon an.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 4 Delivered

find or locate command avalaible through ISPF panels for statistics

CICSPA should provide locate or find command when accessing statistics information through ISPF panels
over 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered