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override IPL string via API

I want to be able to override IPL string in start API
6 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Future consideration

Store outputs of the software analyzer in individual files

At the moment the output of all runs is stored in a single file. In the future, we would like the run of every programm anaylized stored in an individual file (XML, JUnit, ...).
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Speed up process for provisioning of subsequent zOS images after have provisioned first one

When you use zODT in TAZ to provision the first zOS Image, you create for example the supplied stock zOS image, which is stored on a designated storage server. Then you provision the first one to for example a target Linux LPAR on z, this takes so...
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / On-Demand Environments 0 Not under consideration

Program Type in results should be accurate

If you specify DB2 or IMS and run the testcase, the zUnit results editor always shows BTCH, meaning the options DB2 or IMS which you chose in the generation phase are not reflected in the results
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

Only able to record testcases from a single loadmodule

We are having the same program linked into multiple loadmodules. We would like to record testcases from all loadmodules, but after the first recording, the record dialogue has the Program name locked. And according to instrcuctions, the "Program n...
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

Detail information with intuitive interface in EIT's command flow

Current output has too simple and not much value for developer. Currently, only the first-level subroutine of the program is shown, but it would be nice to show the detailed modules for each subroutine in more detail, and the call structure and pa...
7 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Needs more information

To limt recording scope with sub-pgm and sub-tran to minimize recording amount and easy to analyze

The levels at which recording units can be specified when recording are currently PGM ID, TRAN ID, TERMINAL ID, USER ID, etc., but customer wants limit by specifying sub module of program and transaction to analyze recording easiliy and to minimiz...
7 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Functional Testing 0 Not under consideration

Intuitive Editing for recording data

When recording, capture the "internal standard text(commarea data)" of CICS, recognize the fields in the plaintext of commarea data and show them schematically(graphically) to the user, and the user can modify specific field values ​​and re-run th...
7 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Functional Testing 0 Needs more information

Support for TYPES LOB (BLOB, CLOB...)

Support of fields with SQL types LOB (BLOB, CLOB...) .Example: 10 'A'-TXT-NACHM-GRND USAGE SQL TYPE IS XML AS CLOB(10000) OCCURS 1.
about 1 year ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing 0 Future consideration

Improve and expand batch Software Analyzer functionality in IDz (z/os Explorer Extension)

Improve generated reports and outputs from IDz's batch Software Analyzer.Currently, the report that is generated from a batch run is 0 bytes and contains no details.The other files are included in the zip but are xml and hard to analyze.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration