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Dependency Resolver must be able to detect CICS submodules

Various forms of called CICS modules all have in common that the text DFHCOMMAREA appears somewhere in the program source, without any EXEC CICS present. It usually is in the LINKAGE SECTION, the PROCEDURE DIVISION USIING clause and/or in a CALL s...
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Addition of an "USS Command" record and enhancements to the DBB BuildReport table

USS Command record : This new record would be used to store information about the execution of a USS command. It would be reported in the DBB BuildReport for subsequent processing (like packaging or UCD component version creation). This record wou...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Extend JCLExec API to specify the buildFile

Today, when submitting a JCL with an inline JCL, the DBB build report is showing an entry the build report with the file as "undefined". It would be great, if the API could be extended with a new (optional) method like `buildFile(String)` to set t...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

DBB application server must run as high-availability cluster

The application server running DBB must support high availability clusters.To go into production, the server must be able to host the DBB application in a high availability cluster to ensure 100% up time.
over 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered

Enhancement in Scratch Functionality for accurate clean up into the system

In Current architecture of IBM DBB we are populating the delete record in build report based on the value of ${langPrefix}_outputDatasets. Example: If we are processing a DB2 component then we are just populating the delete record for load but we ...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Tablename COLLECTION should be changed

The table COLLECTION in the DBB ddl is named after the z/OS DB2 reseved word COLLECTION. The table should be renamed (e.g. DBBCOLECTION) so that customers don't have to do changes to the ddl before its execution.
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

Description on how to implement DBB application server as a high-availability cluster

Description for how to implement DBB application server as a high-availability cluster. Currently, we have a single Linux server running the DBB application server to evaluate the product. To go into production, we must be able to host the DBB app...
over 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Improve Return Code Handling in JCL EXEC API

Today, the JCLExec API returns the maxRC as a String, which need to be split by a customer script again. See the ZUnitConfig.groovy in zAppBuild for example.Please enhance the API to extract the completion code as an Integer value to simplify scri...
almost 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Registration Scanner to record logical files but skip scanning them

There are scenarios, where a LogicalFile should be recorded within the Metadatastore, but the file does not need to be scanned. This applies for instance for configuration files, JCL, XML, PROCs, DDL and others. Today, the DBB SearchPathDependency...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered

Support MySQL for the DBB WebApp

Add support for MySQL and MariaDB (the community version of MySQL)
about 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Delivered