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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Add "Associate Complete Program" to the RSE

In z/OS project view, "Associate Complete Program" appears when a user right clicks on a PL/I Include file or a COBOL copybook.But it is not available when a user right clicks on these types of files from the RSE view.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future 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 ...
about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Future consideration

ZUnit doesn't support status file variables

when we create a test case for a program who manipulates files, the file status variables are not imported inside the input output variables
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

No spaces after brackets by IDz COBOL formatter

Currtently the formatter (CTRL+Shift+F) inserts a blank after each opening bracket "(" oder before each closing bracket ")". This is annoying and should be at configurable.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

zunit usermod detects DB2, IMS, LE, MQ that are in different zones

Today there are no automatic way to detect that the DTR, LE, IMS or DB2 modules has been updated in the other SMP/E zone. We are using multiple zones independent of each other and the solution that IBM offers does not work for us. solution: Zun...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

Wand user in case no CLOSE statements in CBL program

ZUnit test failure due to dataset compare issue with missing CLOSE statement. So to summarize the issue, test case that creates non text datasets (aka with packed decimal fields) fail as the ZUnit compare can’t seem to recognize the datasets are t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Future consideration

COBOL Level 88 Occurances

If a level 88 COBOL variable is selected in the editor, the Occurrences functionality does not extend to the data element declared with the level 88.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Future consideration

Userbuild resubmit Job

Starting a userbuild with already generated Job often causes failures
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

zUnit to be available on VSC & CRW

Currently zUnit is only available on IDz. Test cases can be executed out of IDz but, test cases and recordings can only be created within IDz. This causes a lock-in in IDz, so this prevents using other IDEs like VSC or CodeReady Workspaces. We nee...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

HOLDDATA for ADF products - Support FIXCAT and ERRSYSMODS reports

Add and update Enhanced HOLDDATA (http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html) for all ADF FMIDs.Currently, each product must be checked individually: * Explorer for z/OS - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047906#311...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Future consideration

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