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Add CARMA COMMENT box when adding a member is listas a required field

Add CARMA COMMENT box when adding a member is listas a required field. CARMA COMMENT box when adding a member is not listed as a required field. While doing any package related action like Add element/CAST CARMA Endevor required comments field as...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

RDz - Import Software Analyzer results created during zOS batch run

Would like the ability to Import into the RDz client an xml file containing Software Analyzer results created during a zOS batch run.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Code Review for C

We noticed that code review for C and C++ code is available in Rational developer for AIX and Linux, is it possible to include it on IdZ?
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Add in customised message for the rules covering the section

The storage working section might consists of hundred of lines of code and the standard error displayed in this formatting: <File>:<beginning line of section> <rule description>. THis is limitation to look for the line number of ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

DB2 tooling: Add a feature to control the end users ability to save a DB2 connection password in the IDz clinet.

Currently there is the ability to disable the save password feature for connections to the RSE server using the following server side parameter. _RSE_JAVAOPTS="$_RSE_JAVAOPTS -DDENY_PASSWORD_SAVE=true" This feature does not extend to DB2 on z/OS c...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz DBB user build errs if the user log is deleted during the DBB User build dialog

When running an IDz DBB user build, if the user's log file is deleted or removed, the build fails with org.eclipse.core.runtime.OperationCanceledException The design in the IDz DBB user build is to locate the log file when it is named in the dialo...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Future consideration

RDz DATA Perspective SQL - AUTOCOMMIT is always on

Create a default of AUTOCOMMIT for SQL in the Data Perspective to OFFand add a preference (if necessary) to give developers the option. Out of the box, ROLLBACK should be supported or the SQL return should not be successful if ROLLBACK is specifie...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Associate complete program with include

A developer tries to edit a PL/I include member, which has a complete program associated.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

GDG base in Z/OS Project perspective

Our users are asking for the possibility to import the gdgbase to a project as resource.Instead of as now the gdg's are disappearing when a new gdg is created and they must import them again.
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration