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Extend JCLExec API to specify the buildFile

Today, when submitting a JCL with an inline JCL, the DBB build report is showing an entry the build report with the file as "undefined". It would be great, if the API could be extended with a new (optional) method like `buildFile(String)` to set t...
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Planned for future release

Enhancement in Scratch Functionality for accurate clean up into the system

In Current architecture of IBM DBB we are populating the delete record in build report based on the value of ${langPrefix}_outputDatasets. Example: If we are processing a DB2 component then we are just populating the delete record for load but we ...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Planned for future release

Provide a batch mode for the CreatePasswordFile utility

At the moment, the CreatePasswordFile utility requires an interactive console which prompts the user for the password. This idea is about to extend the CreatePasswordFile util and supply a batch mode: The user supplies both the password file locat...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Java Doc API when saving job output to describe default encodings

The Java doc for DBB is not specifying the default encodings which are used for any of the saveOutput() methods https://www.ibm.com/docs/api/v1/content/SS6T76_2.0.0/javadoc/com/ibm/dbb/build/JobExec.html#saveOutput-java.io.File- Methods which don'...
8 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Planned for future release

DBB API - Manage a return code for each MVSExec for a chaining sequence in an MVSJob

Hi, The MVSJob API allows you to chain MVSExec objects and execute them in sequence until an RC value exceeds the specified maxRC value. Sample from zAppbuild BMS.groovy: def rc = new MVSJob().executable(copyGen) .executable(compile) .executable(l...
9 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Future consideration

Documentation doesn't mention soft link for /usr/bin/env which seems to be needed for scripts to work properly

Having this mentioned in documentation may save a big number of hours of debugging everyone's first build process with DBB and groove. The user responsible for running dbb builds has Bash set as their default shell (configured via OMVS PROGRAM set...
10 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Planned for future release

Registration Scanner to record logical files but skip scanning them

There are scenarios, where a LogicalFile should be recorded within the Metadatastore, but the file does not need to be scanned. This applies for instance for configuration files, JCL, XML, PROCs, DDL and others. Today, the DBB SearchPathDependency...
10 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Planned for future release

COBOL - Support for COPYBOOKs conditional inclusion

Hi, We use IBM Enterprise COBOL V6, and we have taken advantage of conditional compilation to develop a framework of "adaptives" COPYBOOKs: conditional compilation variables are valued in the source code of the COBOL program; some are through DEFI...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

zappbuild Assembler.groovy DD updates

For Assembler.groovy to work in my environment I have had to make the following modifications. I think these for fit nicely into the zappbuild application We use SYSTERM linkedit parm and would like it to optionally print along with the other prin...
12 months ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Add Docker support to DBB server

Sun Life is interested in running DBB Web Server (non-mainframe component) into Docker. It aligns with their overall enterprise strategy. It will be more efficient for Sun Life to have DBB running on Docker than maintain a server on a distributed ...
about 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

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