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IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Create Rule for JCL components for JCL files and Copybook components for Copybook files

The java package for creating COBOL custom rules under IDZ Software Analyzer only support cobol components. An interface is created for Copybook components but no class is created for Copybook components. This is similar to the case for JCL compon...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

zCDP to support CA/BroadCom IDMS SMF record collection

In ASEAN, there is a customer who uses CA/Broadcom IDMS.Customer has some difficulty to produce any IDMS performance related report So.. if zCDP is able to collect IDMS SMF record in near-real time, then forwards it into Analytic Platform (such li...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

This ideal will give code readout of D.N.A and by watermarking with 1 memory by 1 memory as A snowflake is different then each one and it is to correct viruses in the blood by coming up with Formulato

The Disk as seen with Lab core tab glass sensor, as well as A C.P.U, to give readings of the blood Codes for A particular acids and protein cells and now to be read with watermark if it's different cells in the blood with water, water as A memory ...
11 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Not under consideration

General codingrules missing in static analysis

Add 3 more coding rules regarding static analysis that we think should be in IDz by default. 1. Strings should only be moved to variables large enough to hold them without truncation https://rules.sonarsource.com/cobol/type/Bug/RSPEC-3921 2. Colla...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 3 Future consideration

To Dsiplay the "Correct Usage" of an Error when clicked on an Error after doing Softwat Analyzer in IDZ

Like in SonarQube, if you click on an error, it will display the non-compliance and compliance usage, based on this the developer will know how to correct/fix the error / issue in the code. So the expectation is the same in IDZ S/A as well.
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Software Analysis : code review rules for C programs

Many rules are defined for COBOL, PL1 or JAVA programs, but none for C programs.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

Equal amount of IF / END-IF statements

Would be nice to have in Cobol editor syntax check or in software analysis a feature which calculates IF and END-IF statements. A warning or even error in case of not equal amount of those.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 4 Not under consideration

delete-trailing-blanks-in-data-receiver-csv-fields

Hi, The data receiver component is supposed to be optimal for sending data to splunk, yet it sends lots of csv fields to splunk with trailing blanks. Customer would like the tool to optionally delete trailing blanks from csv fields and hence prope...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 3 Future consideration

Stream WebSphere Liberty message.log to Logstash ELK

Recently application team intend to transfer WebSphere Liberty message.log and to display only particular info such as response time in MAGE. So, we config a stream for WebSphere Liberty message.log to be sent to Logstash ELK. From Data Streamer l...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0

Package Software Analyzer as OCI to use with zCX

We would like to be able to run Software Analyzer inside a container as part of our pipeline. It would likely be inside zCX but in the end it could also be on x86. This will ultimately depend on the build environment our customer uses. We are vers...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration