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zAppBuild should provide a way for deleting the build datasets and the collections which are no longer needed

DBB does not have API to delete datasets, but the JZOS API has. From Joseph Taffe-Atkins5/UK/IBM I believe this is worth an enhancement request in zAppBuild to provide a way for deleting the build datasets and the collections which are no longer n...
about 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

DBB Toolkit API - Make execution of PROCS possible via MVSExec

At our company we make regular use of procedures in our JCL's and before we call these procedures we also make use of include members to set all kinds of variables used in these procedures. Example of a part of a jcl where we use a proc, called AP...
about 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Add support for the ++INCLUDE statement to the DBB Scanner

The IBM PL/I Compiler supports the ++INCLUDE construct using the PP(INCLUDE('ID(++INCLUDE)')) Compile parameter. The Scanner in DBB does not support the ++INCLUDE construct when scanning PL/I source code for include member dependencies. This lack ...
over 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Is a defect

Add Scalability for DBB Cloning large Repositories.

The Clone Step executed during a DBB build seems to not scale properly with large Repositories. The seems to scale parabolically the larger the Repository. This is especially noticeable with a Repo that contains over 87,000 elements versus one tha...
over 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Not under consideration

Support Oracle Database for the DBB WebApp

Add support for Oracle Database for the DBB Webapp
almost 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Not under consideration

Support PostgreSQL for the DBB WebApp

Add support for PostgreSQL
almost 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Needs support for OIDC

The DBB server can be configured with OIDC and accessed from a Web browser but the DBB toolkit on z/OS fails to connect to it with the below error: Caught: com.ibm.dbb.repository.ConnectionException: BGZTK0034E Attempting to create build result Te...
about 3 years ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Not under consideration