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Define a new HATS variable which will contain the highlighted text

Opening a file in an Editor, we would want to get the value of the highlighted text. For example, in the JCL editor, highlight one data set name, then with a right click this would pull in that data set name to an action.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Menu Manager Connection filters for action

I have a RDz connected to three different mainframes and i need to configure Menu Manager action for each mainframe. The action is different for each mainframe. Currently the RDz support filters only for Data Set Filters. I need actions to be asso...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Re-order the JES output results from a Remote zOS File Search when a PDSE member list is wildcarded.

When using IDz and performing a Remote zOS File Search that uses a wild-carded PDSE member selection (e.g. PPH2*) rather than the entire PDSE, that the output that is presented back to the user in JES output from the job is not in the same order a...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Code review in batch for a pipeline so slow that it can't be used

I've set up and been configuring AKGCR, Code Review, in batch to be used in our cobol pipeline.On zos we are using idz 14.2.1 and on the client we are using 14.2.1.1When I submit my jcl it takes a couple of minutes to complete, even though it is a...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Add scoll bars to IDz Program Control editor windows

With Program Control Flow editor, there are no scroll bars on the right or bottom of the view. These would allow one to at least be able to scroll when the sizing and focus don't work.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Option to disable automatic file association.

Provide an option to disable the automatic file association that is done when opening a file that does not meet any z/OS File Mapping criteria. Since the PMR ID field above doesn't accept the new TS ID format, here it is: TS002715273
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Product usage reporting (IDZ, z/OS explorer, ..)

We would like to be able to track who is using what product (IDZ, z/OS Explorer, Data studio, CICS explorer, MQ explorer , ....).At least, we would like to know that someone is using an IDZ licence (or RDZ, ...)
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Access to Edit Macros from Menu Manager

Many companies have created a large amount of utilities and macros in ISPF over the years. One of the obstacles implementing RDz is for those Edit Macros which are not covered by RDz functionality. A simple solution to cover some of these would be...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Quick Fix not available in the RDz Editor for COBOL.

We try to use Quick Fix function to resolve warnings and errors in the editor but it's not available.
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration