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IDz missing Code Metrics functionality for PL/I

In RDz and IDz, the ability to run metrics on PL/I code is not available. This same functionality is available in COBOL, but not an option to identify dead code for PL/I code. We are needing this functionality to address our overall Mainframe needs.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Componentization feature to define small AD projects from existing large AD projects

As Mainframe applications are often complex and monolithic, customers want to use AD to cut these large applications into smaller ones, to support their Mainframe applications transformation process. Circular layout of AD graphs is helpful to visu...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Delivered

Add IBMCAC security provider to RDz/z/os Explorer client

This customer has had an ongoing need to be able to access certificates from the MS-CAPI keystore (also used for SmartCard support) when using Client Certificates authentication when connecting to RSE. IBM has a security provider with the name IBM...
about 8 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Delivered

Processes running in parallel run forever

We currently have 195 AD projects with cross applications. If I do a make build for a maximum of 25 projects in parallel, then it very often happens that the builds abort with the following error:"========================== =BATCH MAKE ERROR FILE=...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Delivered

Need Prime Dupe Compare Tool

We recently had a Prime/Dupe mismatch problem in our FOS production system. We were identifying problem the addresses as dumps surfaced, and/or had to find them manually.Because we only have 2 arrays on that system, we were finally able to determi...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Missing/missplaced compiler message

In Cobol versions pre V5 the IGY compiler messages for discarded code are displayed:- in the listing directly after the affected Cobol statements for each discarded code parts - in the summary at the end of the output. With Cobol V5 only one messa...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

HACP EE Host Code page support for 1145 Spanish, 284 Spanish and 1140 Portuguese

This RFE applies to HACP EE.Add Code page support for Spanish 1145-S, Spanish 284-S and Portuguese 1140-PExample: Code point 7B should be represented using Code page ‘Spanish 284' with Ñ
about 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Delivered

Add new "Process Option" to suppress returncode 28 of empty compare and/or search-for

Why we would like to be able to specify a new "Process Option" like EMPTYOK, so that SuperC, SuperCE, Search-For and Search-ForE (ISRSUPC) ends with returncode 0 instead of 28 in case of zero compare or zero search-for (e.g. after filtering).
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 6 Delivered

Automating cached files cleaning

I would like to have the cached files deletion to be handled automatically within RDz client V9.5.1 to avoid any files crash behavior, probably due with cached files.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

Requesting ADABAS / Natural support in IMS

Request for ADABAS / Natural support in IMS
over 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

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