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Provide License Strategy during installation for Value Unit Licensing (Host Based Licensing)

During installation of IDz the product defaults to using the Trial License and then allows for the setting of various license types. There is currently no setting for Value Unit Licensing (host based licensing) and if the trial license in effect f...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 0 Submitted

Enhanced DBB User Build results view

Today, DBB User build is prompting the developer after the execution with a dialog to list the programs build log and the build report.When the developer closes the dialog, the information need to be retrieved from work directory on USS, which tak...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Respect the dbb-userbuild settings in zapp files also in IDz.

Our users consider it cumbersome to manually click themselves through the whole USS folder structure when configuring the DBB userbuild. With VSCode and z open editor one can configure the user build using a special section of the zapp file (https...
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

Refactoring for PLi modules

Right now IDz has functionality to identify unused variable in cobol modules. we need similar future for PLi modules as well. We have 1000s of PLi modules. we need similar functionalities like cobol modules
5 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Refactoring 1 Future consideration

Moving Not responding message at top of window to status bar as in progress and not to freeze the window

The IDZ 16.0.4 hanges in regular activities very randomly, while opening or comparing big size files in git repository. Please check the stack trace in the attached case.
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Not under consideration

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file

IDz v16.0.2 DB2 sql result is there any way to view sql result in text format like this similar to qmf and spufy shows as simple text file.Refer TS016428390
6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Under review

UserBuild execution from source code Mainframe remote PDSs

IDz does not allow to execute UserBuild with Cobol programs stored in PDSs directly. That functionality is only allowed in local project source files. Any developer that wants to execute an UserBuild on a PDS source program will need to: Have a cr...
8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Not under consideration

IDz/CARMA - new package status "Execute Failed"

Would like to see a new Package status of "Execute Failed" in CARMA. When I select IN-APPROVAL and APPROVED, I see Endevor packages that are in those statuses but also see packages that are in exec failed status. Please include a Package status of...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Future consideration

Syntax highlighting for Python

Now z/OS include Python in z/OS, to encounrage the adoption of Python, IDz should support syntax highlight for Python
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Host Emulator Macro Availability

Macros are an invaluable feature that allows users to automate repetitive tasks by recording keystrokes and commands. Having this feature will greatly improve productivity and user experience. Below are some specific use cases where I see it being...
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Future consideration