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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Simplify Db2 connection setup with TLS

When setting up a connection to a Db2 for z/OS in IDz 16 you are presented with a rather simple setup screen. There is no option to specify TLS as transport security so all connections are done insecure by default. All the customers I work with te...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

SQL and XQuery Editor should "Insert spaces for tabs" as default

The COBOL and JCL Editor of IBM Developer for z/OS convert tabs to spaces by default when editing a Remote z/OS File. The SQL and XQuery Editor within IBM Devolper for z/OS does NOT convert tabs to spaces by default when editing a Remote z/OS File...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under 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...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Future consideration

Add DUMMY and * support to DD Statements in zUnit

I recently spoke with Suman Gopinath and William Alexander about this. We have many programs at my shop that use the DD SYSOUT=* or DD DUMMY functionality of JCL. We do this for assorted purposes, whether it is creating a report or just wanting to...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Empty PropertyGroup for Subprojects

When we drag and drop a PO Dataset from Remote Systems View into a zOS Sub Project, the Property Group changes to the Property Group of the Sub Project & we think that it should retain the properties of the PO-Datei and not be replaced by thos...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

IDz LPEX editor should ask if files need to be locked when the user start editing them.

When z/OS developer teams have the policy that files need to be locked when they start editing them. In the 'modern' editors this is asked as soon as people start modifying the source. That is the kind of behavior that we are looking for in the LP...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Suppress Warning Message On Recall Of Datasets

The problem is with the warning message in IDz which tells the user this may be an SCLM dataset and asks if you want to continue. We don't have this message in ISPF and we would like to have the same behavior in IDz. So what if a dataset is under ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 6 Future consideration

Add Choice of CodePage

When we go through the Personalize my Workspace wizard, a new page Set The Codepage would be really helpful rather than having to remember to change it later.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

REXX editor does not recognize any file type except .rxx and .rexx

REXX editor only works with the files that have .rex or .rexx file associations. If f.e. we want to define new file type under iDz configuration 'File Association' .rxc or .rexc (or any other name can be used under file association), REXX editor d...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under 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

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