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Ability to run static code analysis on the deltas(changes only) of the source file

There could many violations to the existing code and as a user trying to complete project in time, I would not have time to fix all the violations, that could imply more testing effort is required. As long as I dont introduce a violation, we shoul...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Metadata files, xml orcsv, to be consumed/post code coverage results to a dashboard.

Ability for customers to consume and post code coverage results to a dashboard. We do not have any metadata(xml, csv) files, similar to static code analysis, that could be consumed for dashboarding the results.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

COBOL Program navigation using keyboard shortcuts.

Add functionality to the LPEX editor to allow users to use keyboard shortcuts to jump to COBOL paragraphs as well as jumping back to the parent paragraph.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Endevor Building Views, allow multi elements under a single view.

When I am building a View in the Carma interface for Endevor allow me to be able to enter multi Element names. When working on a project that has a few programs in it, it would be nice to be able to tie some of the programs, jcl or what ever under...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

RDz : Unexpected syntax check errors reported in a PLI file within comments

When opening a PLI file,and using the "Source -> Preprocessor statements -> Idenfity Using Specific Output File", some comments become marked with syntax check errors "Ambiguous reference to ..."
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Support for SOAP Header

Currently SOAP header information is ignored by DFHWS2LS as indicated on the Infocenter: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.cics.ts.standards.doc%2Fcompliance%2FWSDL.html It would be good if RDz would support ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 5 Not under consideration

Support for input field in Menu Manager dialog for password type fieles

Customer needs to enter a password in the Menu manager dialog to be passed to REXX program, and need this field hidden ( password Type input field) on the screen.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

RDz RSE Support for SMF Records Based on User ID

Currently the z/OS component for RDz called RSE does not identify individual RDz users. JPMC like many large customers do "Chargeback" to bill each customer based on system usage. Under RSE there is not way to do this. The customer has requested t...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Add date filter to job listing to alleviate response time issue

Please add the ability to filter JES jobs brought back to the RDz client screen by date. Preferably, the default settings can be managed by push-to-client, install options, or property groups.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Support RD&T running on virtualization environment such as VMWare vSphere.

Customer's their own IT policy is to use virtualization environment instead of buying new HW. So, they strongly want to run Rational Development and Test Environment (RD&T) on virtualization environments. But now, IBM doesn't support it yet. W...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration