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    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

    Job Log view is needed to handle very large job output

    We have CICS region jobs running on different regions. When user wants to see the job log from RDz its throwing heap error. since the output size is more than 3 million lines. I want to act on my job out put rather than viewing 3million lines in o...
    over 9 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Not under consideration

    Software analyzer : Documentation explaining code conformity/violations with examples

    Some of the existing software analyzer built-in rules are not very comprehensive with examples. It is becoming more difficult to read code violation report and correct themselves by developers. For example built-in rule "Avoid using 88-entries in ...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

    IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270?

    IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270? This would be useful to display say the first 10 entries. Mainframe 3270 screen allows wildcard for first level qualifier , why IDz it is no...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

    Show progress when copying multiple files in USS

    The progress bar currently goes crazy when copying multiple big files from USS.It seems to handle progress well only when copying a single file.When copying multiple files, it seems to jump from one to the next very quickly, which makes it impossi...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

    Single FTP session to allow MFA

    In the FTP perspective, use only one FTP session. This will allow our multi factor authentication MFA. From the sniffer/Wireshark, we see the first session authenticate, but the second fails because the same token pin is presented a second time. T...
    almost 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Not under consideration

    A right-click on a z/OS Project triggers duplicate calls to the host which slow down the display of the context menu

    For example if a z/OS project contains 3 datasets like BUILDER.TEST.LISTING BUILDER.TEST.SRC.COBOL BUILDER.TEST.GENRTED.JCL debug level 2 is enabled on the server side. The user logs in and right-click on the z/OS Project. His rsecomm log shows 2 ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 1 Is a defect

    RDZ copy host to client strips trailing blanks

    RDZ copy host to client should keep trailing blanks. RDz/IDz has always done it this way. Some users can have an issue with this for data that needs to be processed in spreadsheets
    over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

    Parameter colorisation in JCL editor

    Add the possibility to colour a parameter in Window > Preferences > JCL > Editor > Syntax Colouring.
    over 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

    IDz Software Analyzer should work with many Programs

    In IDz you can select multiple Programs in the Software Analyzer Configurations. When you for example select "Analyze selected projects" for a Project with 902 Cobol Files you will get an error. Please see Ticket "IDz Software Analyzer could not p...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

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