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    Increase ease of use for updating SYSLIB in remote property group definitions

    Currently the SYSLIB definition in property groups is presented as a single field containing several blank-separated data set names.
    about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

    save more eclipse view preferences

    We're facing the fact, that some preferences for views are not saved when closing and reopening the IDz client. For example there are views that do keep the size and order of their columns whereas other views don't. Or there are views that have th...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

    optimize content assist for big Cobol modules

    Under some conditions, content assist can completely freeze the UI, interrupting flow of work. This should not happen: either the completion should return results quickly (under a few seconds) or it should stop blocking after a configurable timeou...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

    Log on at remote systems when sources with copy libraries on property group

    Even if you have sources with an associated property group configured with Copy Libraries pointing to a SYSLIB on a remote system, when you open a source with copys not present in the local SYSLIB, the copybooks are marked as not found. If in the ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

    Allow Search > Text > File function to be case insensitive

    We direct our developers who use the COBOL and JCL edits to the Search > Text > File function when they are looking for an equivalent function to the LPEX Find All action. We occasionally run into issues because the Search > Text > Fil...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Allow the ability to replace Property Groups with Importing

    When importing Property Groups, show the conflicting Property Groups unchecked in the list. If the user checks them. Overlay/replace the Property Group. The current scheme of having to delete a conflicting Property Group before being able to impor...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Future consideration

    Job Notification enhancements

    RDz developers have been waiting for years for a job completion notification. It was encouraging to see some movement on this request in v9.1.1. However, the passive nature of the notification is disappointing. MF developers are used to getting a ...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Add Menu Manager action for editor opened with JES Submitted JCL

    Please add a Menu Manager context for the JCL Editor when the JES Show JCL option is used.
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

    Allow advanced filtering of Show In > Data Elements information

    Filtering on name is very limited. More advanced filtering on Name, Top-level-Item, Declared In and Item Type should be provided. The Data Elements view could be a powerful feature if more advanced filter is provided. Most of our developers only u...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

    zIIP-enable Node.js

    We've made a significant investment in Node.js, but it runs slow compared to Java and Python because it's not zIIP enabled the way those languages are (Java 100% and Python 70%). Zowe also uses Node.js, but we couldn't rewrite that in Java or Pyth...
    12 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Future consideration

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