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z/OS Application Development

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PATH VSAM

This is your complaint that RD/z should display all parts of a VSAM file such as the CLUSTER, INDEX, DATA and maybe the AIX and PATH as does ISPF.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Cobol Editor automatic capitalisation

The need is have a functionality which capitalize automatically the Cobol source (but also JCL and any other mainframe sources). At least such capitalization has to be done before saving the source.Only the literals are not changed.Optionally, the...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RDZ SEARCH option

When you select SEARCH in RDZ, there are 4 options: SEARCH, FILE, REMOTE, and TEXT.SEARCH, FILE, and REMOTE produce the same panel. I don't see anything different when selecting one or the other. Therefore, I find this to be redundant. Also, I don...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

RDz JES in RSE: Sort Jobs by job name and time of submission

: In JES with RSE we cannot sort the jobs. We would like to right-click on the JES filters, for example My Jobs or Retrieved Jobs, and to be able to sort by job name or time of submission or return code.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Mixed SYSLIB for a local project

Mixed SYSLIB for a local Project
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

JCL PROC and INCLUDE expansion in JCL

In RDz if there are any PROC's and INCLUDE members in the JCL, there is no configuration process in RDz to recognize the PROC and INCLUDE.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

add management class and dataclass to Property view

Under Attribute in Property View, add Management Class and Data Class.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Workspace Name in TITLE BAR

In the title bar, after "IBM RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR SYSTEM Z WITH JAVA'", can you please include the name of the workspace in use.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Need ability to delete individual program profiles when debugging

The current interface allows you to delete all program profiles. Customers need the ability to manage individual program profiles.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Need STEP return Code in JES spool Table Format

We want to see the step return codes for our jobs, not just the overall job return code. In RSE/JES
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered