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Expand the Variable usage filter with the content of the variable

Currently, only the variable name and / or the program can be specified as a criterion via the usage variable. The result set can be very extensive when querying variables across several AD projects and therefore the viewing for the user can also ...
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Display the dataset where the JCL/Script is acquired.

We currently have multiple source JCL/Script datasets that are linked to WAz. Scheduling is asked to refresh the copy of a JCL/Script in the CP so that it is brought in from a different dataset than normal.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Graph generated using 'Program Control Flow' feature in ides to be exported as PDF

Using 'Program Control Flow' feature in iDz would be good to have a function that allows to export graph not only as svg or png, but also as PDF.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards.

IBM Z Software Asset Management - Change to "Machine Inventory" report to display number of Crypto Cards. Currently, the columns for "Crypto Online" and "Crypto Installed" are part of the report but they display 0 even if the actual value is not 0...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 0 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...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

Restore functionality to allow allocation of new dataset in batch JCL from 3.3 dataset copy menu item.

To have reusable JCL / to help new users with examples of File Manager batch JCL allocating new datasets when using the DSC (dataset copy) function.
12 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SAVE AS in MFS editor will not save to remote system

SAVE AS - customer opens remote MFS file in a PDS. He does a File -> SAVE AS and gets a UI to choose the location of the save. None of the choices are the remote zOS connections. The only choices are local. However, performing the same action i...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

AD - v6.0.1 - CCS project monitor field doesn't work in the sorted order of time duration (Eg; build progress)

In AD version v6.0.1 after build or post build processes there is no facility to display long time consuming build progress projects from the CCS admin console. In the top right corner there is "status field" that only filters status alone that do...
almost 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

VsamDB support by CICS on z/OS

I am interested in the VsamDB functionality allowing to store documents in bson / json format. This function is already available in zos v2.4. I want to use it from a CICS cobol or assembler program. How soon can this function be supported by CICS?
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Continue commenting when inserting a line break within a comment

Hi IBM, when you edit a comment in a COBOL source in the COBOL editor and you hit ENTER (aka you insert a new line), the new line should be automatically a comment line. At the moment, the cursor is being positioned on the beginning of the text in...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

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