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Support for EXPORT when parsing JCL in zUnit

When zUnit is pasring a JCL for recording which includes "EXPORT SYMLIST=*" you get an error "EQA3140E Invalid input: EXPORT" Since a lot of our existing JCLs are useing EXPORT it would be nice if supprt for it was included in zUnit instead of nee...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Program Analyzer should install custom rules in writeable USS folder and not in usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr

Currently, the Program Analyzer is installed in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg. This location is read-only, so we cannot save our own rules in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr. The usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr folder should be moved to a writable location (perhaps /var/...). As a wor...
12 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

Need IDz v16 to be installable with Installation Manager

IDz v16 is currently only installable via Eclipse P2: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826641 Installation process of earlier versions was with Installation Manager and it would be easier to upgrade to v16 if IM was also available.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

JMR function is not available in RDz

JMR function which will display all the previous runs(days,months, years) of production jobs is not available in RDz
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Limit COBOL content assist proposals by user defined type

IDz code assistant proposal includes all declared literals while some of them may not be applicable in the context depending on their type.
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Implement binary copy/paste in PL/I and COBOL editors

Allowing in edition the copy-cut/paste of binary characters in COBOL and PL/I editors
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Check the transfer of the source files from Local to Remote System that contain unmappable characters to EBCDIC

When using local projects to develop COBOL or PLI then files are UTF8 encoded and it is possible to add characters that cannot be mapped later on to an EBCDIC code page. Check the encoding to avoid that unmappable characters to EBCDIC are transfer...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Improve dark mode

It's useful for all developers that love dark mode (my self included) - it is also more energy-efficient! But the current state of your dark mode option is still missing a lot :( Some issues I have found with dark mode: 1. The text in the search-f...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

Option to disable automatic file association.

Provide an option to disable the automatic file association that is done when opening a file that does not meet any z/OS File Mapping criteria. Since the PMR ID field above doesn't accept the new TS ID format, here it is: TS002715273
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

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