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    Preprocessor should always run for included COBOL copybooks

    In our property groups we have self-written COBOL preprocessors defined. If there are preprocessor statements in included copybooks they will not get resolved and therefore editor shows errors in the code. This is not the expected behaviour. If on...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Specify different property groups for test target source and zUnit test case without manually switching

    Having the possibility to specify different property groups for test target source and zUnit test case without manually switching.
    about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

    PL/I parser support for MACROs

    PL/I parser issues warnings in the editor if there are MACROs within the INCLUDEs
    over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Not under consideration

    Automatically Unlock keyboard and Reset X SYSTEM

    Add functionality to automatically unlock keyboard and reset X SYSTEM. Utilizing this will decrease the number of times users will need to manually reset their host emulator when navigating some applications.
    over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

    Create a specific file for parser error in Software Analyzer

    Currently in Software Analyzer, when you analyze an entire workspace made of several programs, all the cobol parser errors are retrieved in the .log in the workspace without any possibility to oriented those result in a specific file.
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    RDz DATA Perspective SQL - AUTOCOMMIT is always on

    Create a default of AUTOCOMMIT for SQL in the Data Perspective to OFFand add a preference (if necessary) to give developers the option. Out of the box, ROLLBACK should be supported or the SQL return should not be successful if ROLLBACK is specifie...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

    RDz - Import Software Analyzer results created during zOS batch run

    Would like the ability to Import into the RDz client an xml file containing Software Analyzer results created during a zOS batch run.
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

    Add SQL builder in IDz 16

    When moving from IDz 15 with data studio plugin to IDz 16 with built-in DB2 support some of our developers are missing the possibility to graphicly build SQL query with SQL Query Builder, if possible bring this functionality into IDz 16 SQL editor.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Open Declaration (F3) für Db2 objects

    After selecting a Db2-object and choosing "Open Declaration" from the context menu or hitting F3, the edit location should move to the declaration of the Db2-object in the Cobol-source. (Analogous to F3 when positioned on a variable)
    over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

    Menu manager migration

    IDz should support a smooth migration of menu manager to higher IDz version.
    about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

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