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z/OS Application Development

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Provide the same capabilities for PS files as for PO members

RDz currently provides only very limited support for PS files, for example, no JCL can be created for a PS file. Although the RDz context menu allows the possibility to generate JCL, it does not have any function.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Add a property to display the last index creation time for a PDS

Add a property attribute to display the last lucene index creation timestamp for a pds.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Allow DebugTool to be used with CARMA

Currently DebugTool cannot be invoked from a CARMA user-written RAM.This greatly impairs debugging.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Not under consideration

Turn off notify boxes on updates and submits

The pop up boxes should be optional. In windows pref I should be able to tell the system that I don't want to see the pop up Boxes. This slow me down.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Property Group Manager should allow export/import of a property group to/from a UNIX file

In addition to import to / export from local files, Property Group Manager should also allow export/import of a property group to/from a UNIX file.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Various Property Group handling improvements

1. Order of JCL substitutions: better would be Global Variables, User Variables - this would allow Global Variables to be overwritten by User Variables 2. JCL substitutions can be marked, but not copied3. Context menu for load module allows a PG t...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Select multiple PDS members or sequential files at one time for a given request

The context menu options for both PDS members and sequential files should be available when multiple members or files are selected. The context menu function would then operate against all selected members at one time.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Start the IMS resources (transactions and progarms) to allow the user to run IMS applications

I would like to be able to start IMS transactions and programs from the RDz workbench without having to issue a type 1 or type 2 command to IMS. RDz should alllow the user to specify the automatically start of these resources.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Generate a job using customized procedures

Similar to the facilities offered by COBOL, it should be possible to generate a job using customized user procedures.COBOL, for example, offers 3 procedures (ELAXFCOC, ELAXFCOP and ELAXFCOT) that can be selected as required.A similar facility shou...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

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