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NetView IPTRACE Analyze Function Needs a PF8

NetView IPTRACE Analyze Function Needs a PF8 Scroll Forward Key. NetView's IPTRACE Analyze Function is good but to get to the next trace record the user needs to back out, select the next trace record and hit ANALYZE again.This is cumbersome when ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Need a mechanism to identify inconsistent views of structure layouts

Consistency of structure definition across all code accessing the structure is critical for correct code. Database corruption or other runtime errors can occur if source component A thinks structure X on file is packed but source component B think...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

zUnit: Search in the Test Case Editor

We are about to use zUnit for our existing payroll sources. But our sources have a large, automatic generated Linkage section with a lot of variables.We have the need to identify single variables to check their content (after recording) or to set ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 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 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic update capability to WLMSPEC

Currently any change to a WLMSPEC requires that all AORS and TORS in the workload be brought down at the same time, and that is an issue when we are trying to maintain 24x7 availability.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Avoid CP EXTEND failure if LRECL of EQQTROUT is smaller than 32756

After migrating from IWSZ 9.3 to zWS 9.5 the current plan extend job (PGM=EQQDNTOP) suddenly began to fail with a message:IEC036I 002-18,IGC0005E,jjjjjjjj,DNTOP,EQQTROUT,uuuu,vvvvvv, dsname It was not clear that the problem was due to the LRECL of...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Implement CEDA CHECK (e.g. for LIST) to ensure CICS region starts properly

Implement the CEDA CHECK option in CICS Explorer (see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.resourcedefinition.doc/ceda/commands/dfha4_check.html) to allow for example checking LISTs for consistency
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Code formatter

Sometimes I have a feeling that somebody forgets IDz is a development tool and needs to be able to handle non parsable code. Off course not as perfect as parsable code but a compromise.I can't use the code formatter if the code is not parsable. It...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Allow input fields to always be high lighted

Currently PCOMM doesn't provide explicit options to always have user input fields high lighted. When migrating from other TN3270 packages (notably Reflections and Host Explorer) the user base is accustomed to this feature and it is a top request f...
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is not using the full display on monitor. It should enhance to use completed display area for better readability.

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is not using the full display on monitor. It should enhance to use completed display area for better readability. It will improve developer to read screen properly.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Not under consideration

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