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Support CICS / DB2 command in IDz Data Flow diagram

The "Data Flow" feature introduce in IDz v14 should support CICS / DB2 command. This significantly reduce the value of this feature.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Endevor quick edit - look alike

"Quick Edit. I am not sure how others are seeing quick edit work. Here are my thoughts. What goes on behind the covers doesn't matter. What I want to see is a stream lined process. Pulling in default values from the existing members is critical fo...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

zUnit: support for nested programs

We have some Cobol programs in which nested programs are used. Unfortunately, this is not currently supported by zUnit.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

Need IDz Web service custom converter to support array truncation

CICS Web service assistant DFHLS2WS has this new option TRUNCATE-NULL-ARRAYS. IDz supports it too but only for CICS bottom-up Web service projects with interpretive XML conversion type.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

zUnit: PLI-Support for the return-code (PLIRETC)

The test case editor of zUnit does not recognizes the return code for a PLI program (PLIRETC) and therefore no expected value can be specified.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editor

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editorPlease see attached file for details
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Remote Pre-processor support for local files

Due to Git usage source code is no longer stored and developed in z/OS rather on the workstation. Presently there is not an IBM solution to invoke and use the Remote pre-processor in IDz on a local file.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Fast Name Search or Filter for Data Items in Test Case Editor of zUnit

In the Test Case Editor of zUnit, please provide fast name search or filter functionality for data items.When performing PoC with V14.1.4, the filter function was too slow to be used at all.In financial and insurance systems, most programs handle ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Copy and compare test entries in Test Case Editor of zUnit

In the Test Case Editor of zUnit, please provide the function to copy and compare whole values of one test entry with a single click.When performing PoC with V14.1.4, we copied by selecting the cell range.However, when the number of data items is ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration