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Combine COBOL outline view and preprocessor integration

The COBOL outline view is based on the content of the editor and not on the changes made by the preprocessor integration. That results in a very confusing and long outline view when (for example) the DIVISION statements are generated by the prepro...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

IBM Z Service Management Explorer should retain state between login sessions

In cases where users are voluntarily or involuntarily logged out of IBM Z Service Management Explorer, upon their return they should be able to go right back to where they were when they logged off, without losing their place - e.g. have the optio...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Secured Move Overlapping

Sometimes it may be necessary to shift data within a structure.Example:- Insert / remove an item in a sorted memory table.- Insert / replace / remove a substring in a string.For this we can define a more or less complex and CPU expensive algorithm...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

CBAC SYSIN format enhancement

Please enhance the CBAC to allow the SYSIN continuity character at any column instead of fixed at 72? similar to IDCAMS SYSIN.format
over 9 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICS and SQL host variables should be added to COBOL cross reference.

The XREF listing produced by the compiler omits unreferenced SQL or CICS variables. In this example, BARREC RECLEN and CICSRESP are not in the listing file's cross reference map.EXEC CICS REWRITE FILE(FILE-NAME) FROM(BARREC) LENGTH(RECLEN) RESP(CI...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

External BPE Trace to support SMS MGMTCLAS

IMS Connect External BPE trace supports the SMS STORCLAS parameter but not the MGMTCLAS parameter.
over 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

KBKM command to accept INITPARM values

Currently a KBKM START command will ignore the CBKCMNDS parameters specified on the SIT INITPARM. This can result in significant negative impact to the use of the product.
over 9 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Currently zUnit with IDZ 14.2.2 does not support this case: the list of files are opened in other programs..

We have tested zUnit on simple standalone batch loads however we are now trying to create test cases for individual programs (csects) with a load module. We are getting file open errors in the case where the main program has the open for the file,...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

FIND Function in COBOL Editor

Some users tells us that the "find" function isn't easy between occurrences in COBOL Editor and, for example, when they have two tabs open for differents files : a search on a tab "delete" the options on the other one. There is no functional F3 / ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enhancement request for the data editor for adding filter and multi line functions

This request is to add functionality like the following ISPF functions : X ALL - excludes all lines from displayX ALL 'abc' - excludes all lines from display containing 'abc' somewhereX ALL X'10278F' 1 - exclude all data lines containing the packe...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

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