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Notify and TSO SEND aus JCLs

The NOTIFY Parameter in the Job Card and a TSO Send Command have no effect when using the RDz. The messages are send to the users TSO session. These messages should be send to the RDz session of the user.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 10 Delivered

Double Click of Dataset in JCL

Within JCL, if I double-click on a dataset, only the qualifier I happen to click on is highlighted. This is due to the period being a delimiter.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 7 Delivered

IDZ : Make remote property groups support local copybook resolution.

In IDZ 15, for Cobol: You can set local folder for copybook resolution in a Remote Property Group. But these folder are in facted never used. Only PDS set in Remote Property Group are used. Local Property Group support local folder. The goal of th...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Delivered

IDz - Remote z/OS File Search - Allow Multiple Search Strings

This is a request to enhance the IDz Remote z/OS File Search to allow the user to enter multiple search strings in the "Search string" field. While the field allows for wildcards and escape characters, there is not a way to enter multiple search s...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Missing JCL checker

Genereal request for access to a JCL check tool/routine in RDz.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Delivered

ASM property group needed for local z/OS Projects

We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

zUnit: We need to mix hyphen and underscores in the data items

We are trying to roll out zUnit but we got a problem with the data items. Our biggest customer builds his data items as a mix of hyphen and underscores. But as we read, those items are not allowed:https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Delivered

Enter button hasn't expected effect on a files selection in z/OS project view

The previous fix provided by IBM (in zExplorer 3.1 et 3.2 december 2020) does'nt work in z/OS project view. It only had been fixed in remote systems view. The development team considere TS011260613 as a enhancement request. Can you please make the...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

increase -Xms512m -Xmx1536m -Xmnx64m value in eclipse.ini

the default values in eclipse.ini for-Xms512m-Xmx1536m-Xmnx64mare to low - every time the customer installs ID/z they need to increase them to be able to use ID/z with their growing size sources
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Display Return Code for each step in JES Remote Systems view

Although provided in Monitor and in Show in Table, we need to see the return code for each step in JES in RSE view.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 11 Delivered