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Product usage reporting (IDZ, z/OS explorer, ..)

We would like to be able to track who is using what product (IDZ, z/OS Explorer, Data studio, CICS explorer, MQ explorer , ....).At least, we would like to know that someone is using an IDZ licence (or RDZ, ...)
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

missing data access support for carma

working with carma elements in carma view/search . there is no option to use DATA access support,no hover, or content assist is suggested for any sql code in EXEC SQLstmt.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Menu manager migration

IDz should support a smooth migration of menu manager to higher IDz version.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

The function to import a test file as a stub is not available for local projects.

The function to import a test file (local or remote) as a stub is not available for local projects.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Future consideration

PL/I parser support for MACROs

PL/I parser issues warnings in the editor if there are MACROs within the INCLUDEs
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Not under consideration

Filterstrings in remoteview

MVS filterstrings can not begin with "*" Example: *GCC.*.IDZ
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

HCE keyboard setup/mapping

Add a setting so that we can modify the keyaboard mapping more than exsiting today. For example "Attn", "Esc", "Enter", "New line" and more.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Invoke COBOL preprocessor extension from another plugin

It should be possible to invoke the preprocessor from a plugin. At the moment you have to select "source - preprocessor - identify with preprocessor" from the editor. This option should be available from a plugin.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Create a specific file for parser error in Software Analyzer

Currently in Software Analyzer, when you analyze an entire workspace made of several programs, all the cobol parser errors are retrieved in the .log in the workspace without any possibility to oriented those result in a specific file.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Open Declaration (F3) für Db2 objects

After selecting a Db2-object and choosing "Open Declaration" from the context menu or hitting F3, the edit location should move to the declaration of the Db2-object in the Cobol-source. (Analogous to F3 when positioned on a variable)
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

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