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Compile warning when using COMP-5 larger than 9 digits

When using COMP-5 variables many developers are not aware of the performance impact of using COMP-5 with variables defined longer then 9(9).Therefore we would like a warning added to the rules(nolaxperf) option, that will indicate this, and recomm...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

Enable CICS webservices to return a HTTP code 204 without a body.

We are using REST webservices on CICS to expose our existing COBOL backend functionality. We have a use case where we would like to return a HTTP code 204: No Content. CICS can return this HTTP code without problems, but whatever we do, CICS allwa...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Improve IEBCOPY performance for PDS to PDS copies

The IBM Software Migration Project Office has customer migrations from CA PDSMAN to IBM products. The performance of IEBCOPY is critical for such migrations.
about 3 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Support userid/password when syncronizing members thru CLI

It's possible to use userid/password when fetching from z/os using GUI/BuildClientConfiguration but it's not supported when syncing thru CLI. To add this option in CLI would mean it's possible to automate updates with authentication enabled in AD-...
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 0 Future consideration

Provide library javax.smartcardio

requires support for javax.smartcardio in IBM JDK 8.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Decision/Branch Level Code Coverage

Currently, line level coverage is the most specific level of code coverage offered. This is comparable to statement coverage on other platforms. However, to really get a more complete indication of the level of coverage achieved by a testing suite...
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Syntax Check Facility in RTC-Userbuild to support error feedback

The Syntax Check Facility for user build works for the setup, when the input file to the compiler is also defined as the input of the translator. As soon as the client uses a translator running a preprocessor resolving macros in a dedicated step, ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

ADDI-Support for current version of PL/I

In order to avoid breaking the ADDI build process the PL/I scanner has to support the syntax of the current version of IBM(R) Enterprise PL/I for z/OS.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Uncommenting and Commenting Lines in PL/I Editor

In the Eclipse there is the possibility to comment out individual lines of code or entire blocks of code using the shortcut "Ctrl + 7".It would make working with RTC easier if there was a shortcut for the eclipse-based development of PLI in RTC.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Future consideration

Domain per client

Domain per client with multiple projects, needs complete isolation from each other, can specify rules & parms. Domain is an openstack concept.
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Future consideration

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