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Host/Distributed SCM Integration

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RDz CARMA support long file name in Endevor

RDz does not yet have support for CA Endevor long names, it can now only support up to 10 characters. However Endevor allow long file name since v7 in 2005. All the existing long file name element in Endevor cannot be interface with CARMA now.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Allow RDZ CARMA Endevor to extract specific programs to local

CARMA Endevor "Extract to local" feature only available when selecting in "type" level, This option is disabled when users select one or multiple element. It should allow users to select the elements want to extract to local.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 6 Not under consideration

RDz911- Auto export to source library when saved the code changes in Remote projects

Hi,We are trying to Compare code changes of one developer with other developer changes on the same source module.When i edit the source in Remote projects and made changes to the source file, i want to see if there is any changes happened to the s...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

RDz gets ICH408I message printed in the syslog on CARMA connect attempt try to write /u/sys/RSED/.profile

ICH408I message printed in the syslog everytime a user connect to CARMA. It seems it and request was denied due to insufficient authority. Administrators may notice that every time we connect thru CARMA, there are messages similar to these in the ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Future consideration

possibility to resolve copybooks during SCLM browse

When browsing a program in SCLM perspective the copybooks are not resolved by COBOL or LPEX editors. It works during edit and operation log shows an extra step:SYSLIB Retrieval Operation Copybook support has been introduced for edit with http://ww...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Provide completion indicator and link to job output from Carma batch jobs

At our company developers are used to submit all Endevor actions in the foreground (in ISPF) and wait until the action completes. Once the action has finished they are immediately taken to the Endevor output from this action so they can see the re...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

All searching criteria should be listed as dropdowns in CARMA-Endevor

RDz used to populate the Endevor stage as a dropdown in CARMA filter. However, the dropdown list is not 100% accurate since Endevor stage code is not unique (Endevor stage name is). IBM recently release a fix that make the Endevor stage a free-for...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Need a way to check the client plugin version in CARMA RAM

We have customized our own CARMA panel to grey out some fields which we don't want developer to access. But we need a way to have checking on host side, such that it will reject the connection for all client without the particular CARMA plugin ins...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

RDz CARMA support long file name in Endevor

RDz does not yet have support for CA Endevor long names, it can now only support up to 10 characters. However Endevor allow long file name since v7 in 2005. All the existing long file name element in Endevor cannot be interface with CARMA now.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Need a way to inhibit and resume CARMA connection

We have Endevor maintenance task that need all users to leave Endevor, such that we can perform the batch job such as reorg, backup, etc. In ISPF we can do this by inhibit the Endevor panel, or even force users to logoff from TSO. With introdcing ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration