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job naming standards which is not based on the USERID

As far as I know for the CRABATCA job, RDz will only support <USERID> or you can hardcode the JOBNAME. The CUSTOMER has job naming standards which is not based on the <USERID>. but on other parameters relates to job and department.They...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

RDz client user needs to be able to specify how <JOBNAME> substitution is handled, especially since USERID is not the default

RDz user needs a way to specify how property group <JOBNAME> substitution takes place in generated jobs. Customer would like <JOBNAME> to be resolved with the user's USERID. Currently the <JOBNAME> is resolved from HLQ of the sou...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Require to expose the CARMA Endevor API

We want the API allow self developed Eclipse plugin to call the existing CARMA Endevor interface.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

recovery for files edited with carma quick edit

when editing in RDZ 9.5.1 or earlier a member from CARMA, there is no recovery for the file.and no history .
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

Ability to see the list of approvers and approval status for an Endevor package

In Endevor, users have the ability to set approvals for a package. This requirement is to allow a user in RDz/CARMA to see the status of approvals.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 4 Not under consideration

Support for SOSI pseudo characters in z Systems Data Editor

I don't see SOSI pseudo characters when opening a dataset in z Systems Data Editor.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

Support for DBCS characters with Host code page:IBM-1399/Local code page:CP943 in z Systems Data Editor

Support for DBCS characters with Host code page:IBM-1399/Local code page:CP943 in z Systems Data Editor.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Support Genpkgid in Endevor Package RAM

Endevor allow the user to enforce naming standards for Endevor packages. The enforcement is done via coding the GenPkgid package exit. This exit is invoked at the time of packake creation . For the Package RAM the exit is not invoked. Moreover by...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

Resolve Copybooks Within MVS Subproject Natively

Please refer to Service request number 56700,379,000. I understand the dilemma of what to do when the copybook is found in multiple subproject datasets (based on my use case) and my expectation is if that were to occur the user would get the simil...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Allow the creation of custom COBOL code quality rules for makros

COBOL code quality rules check only COBOL code. They do not check code generated by the preprocessor (rfe 77829). And it is not possible to create custom code quality rules to check the code that is replaced by the preprocessor. The custom makro c...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration