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EST Bottom-Up support for multiple operations within a service

Generating webservices for the CICS in RDz is done by using the Enterprise Service Tools (EST) features.It supports two different approaches, top-down and bottom-up.The top-down approach is based on a constructed WSDL file and support multiple ope...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Delivered

problem with user exit

We have a customer who is having an issue accessing his Endevor content via IDz. He's hitting content, just not his. He seems to be properly set up on the host configuration side. This suggests a problem with the multi Endevor Environment user exit.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

RDz zUnit Enhancement - support batch and online execution

RDz zUnit should be enhanced to support CICS online execution. The current approach need to use batch to trigger a EXCI and then link to a online CICS transaction. This is not practical as usually the CICS online program will not be the starting p...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Possibility to disable specific editor-functionalities

We would need the possibility to make some editor-functionalties unavailable for our users because they might cause problems.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Improve navigation experience in RDz System z Data Editor

When we using arrow button to navigate inside RDz system z data editor, the row will be "pop up" a bit when it is being highlighted. It usually make the developer to lose his eye focus on the current column position. We want the row won't be "pop ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

View Listing from CARMA Repositories view

We need an easy acces to the Endevor Listing (like LL before the element in Endevor). The best solution is an submenu "Output Listing" when we right-click on an element in the CARMA Repositories View.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

Debug Hover Help should not be limited to 100 fields

During remote debugging you can position the cursor on a DCLGEN definition. Only 100 fields are displayed, even though there are 140 fields present in the DCLGEN. This choice is made due to performance reasons, but we would like to see all fields ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Add support for embedded languages like (CICS, DLI and SQL) for Program Data Flow

When users right click in Cobol source that includes embedded languages like (CICS, DLI and SQL) and chooses Show in Data Flow or Show in Data Flow Hierarchy they're receiving errors. Per this documentation this is a known limitation in which the ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Parse EXEC SQL statements with macros in PL/I editor

EXEC SQL statements with marcos are not parsed correctly resulting in errors in the PL/I editor
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Delivered

Menu Manager action from JSE

We need the ability to launch Menu Manager from the JES interface and pass the job number etc. via Menu Manager to TSO, or a job or HATS.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Delivered