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Debug for z/OS

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IDz Code Coverage Enhancement: Number of times a statement was executed

years ago there was a tool that was very similar to RDz Code Coverage. One thing it had that would be good to add to RDz code coverage would be a count of the number of times a statement was executed. This would be helpful in fine tuning if/then/e...
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

IBM Debug: Improved sort for Monitor Expression handling of array entries

Hi IBM, Please improve the sort order in the Debugger Remote GUI in IDz within the Monitors view. Currently the sort button sorts all expressions on the displayed string. This leads table/array entries to be sorted not by the numeric but by the st...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Future consideration

Support %Rx commands in Eclipse

The %Rx command which is available in ISPF is not supported in the Eclipse dialog.
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support command file in Eclipse

The ISPF dialog supports command files for recurring debugging problems. This is not available in the Eclipse dialog.We have a team of developers who quite often have to prepare a debugging session in the same way (e.g. intercept a specific subtas...
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Integrated Debugger should support both notations DBM%USERID and DBM.USERID

The problem with the terminated communication had to do with Integrated Debuggernot supporting or recognizing DBM.USERID. Because it didn't honor the userid, it defaulted to using the IMS region userid which, hence, caused the failure
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Hovering Over Array Variables During a Remote Debug Session Returns the Subscripted Value

While using the Remote Debugger, the hover feature should display the value of the array element referenced by the subscript variable. For example, an array called DATA-CHAR consists of five elements containing the following values in order 'A', '...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide monitor, list, and update capabilities for z13 vector registers

Provide capabilities to work with vector registers, using commands and features similar to the way that floating point registers can be accessed. 1) For commands that currently support floating point registers by using the %EPR variable, add suppo...
almost 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Prevent users from debugging excluded programs

Due to many reasons (privacy, performance, ...) organizations might want some programs to be excluded from debugging. Currently, the command NAMES EXCLUDE allows for that. However, it lacks fine-grain control over that exclusion. Worse than that, ...
4 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Debugger Remote Debug Service to permit RACF keyrings

The Debugger Remote Debut Service (RDS) currently only allowa the HTTPS server certificates to be stored in a JKS keystore. We need it to be extended to allow z/OS system programmers to store the certificates in RACF keyrings.
10 months ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Possibility to create entries to the cross-reference table from IDz eclipse interface

To create entries in IMS Transaction and User ID Cross Reference Table, users have to use the ISPF menus in the IBM z/OS Debugger Utilities. We would like to have this feature/possibility through the Eclipse interface as well. In IDz, the idea is ...
almost 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration