IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

Debug for z/OS

Showing 243

Debug: Monitor expression support for multiline statements

Currently you can only monitor expressions (COBOL), that are in one single line. Please allow the debugger in Eclipse to monitor expressions on multi-line statements as well. For more information please have a look at the case TS005731864
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Improve trap condition on Debug for z/OS

Improve trap condition of task we want to debug by adding MQDATA field.Be able to use this field to specify data to check in MQDATA to begin debug session.
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Debug Configuration does not pick up JCL Termination (//)

If you create a debug configuration using "z/OS Batch Application using exsisting JCL"and the JCL includes a line with only // this line is ignored and you get all the steps after the JCL terminating line in the Steplist. This is not only true for...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Is a defect

Allow to reload the debug file manually

Manually reload debug file that was created under USS.1) When the auto debug file load fails, the source code view has 1 blank line only. I cannot reload manually.2) When the debug file path in the load module is not available in the test z/OS USS...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Is a defect

Show previous line of code when the AT CHANGE or watch breakpoint is encountered

When a watch breakpoint or AT CHANGE breakpoint is triggered, the debugger depicts the next statement in a program. Customers have asked to show the previous statement in this scenario. Statements may not be contiguous. For example, consider a wat...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Debug Transaction to cancel started transaction

Customer needs a debug provided transaction to cancel wild started debug sessions, meaning global dtcn profile existed, transaction gets executed, debug starts on the wrong terminal. Right now, we can only cancel the transaction with CICS provided...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Sys Prog

There are no exclusion parms in LMA - so I have been asked to open a this RFE and request selection options.
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Debug Manager to implement sysplex awareness

Currently Debug Manager is not sysplex aware, and it depends on zExplorer which also is not sysplex aware. But some ability for debug manager to resolve the IP address of the debug client, accross the sysplex is needed in order for debug manager t...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Taking code coverage of processes which runs many PL/I programs

Our request is to capture a code coverage data of over 10,000 programs running on a IMS FP region without restarting a IMS FP region. Our online modules running on IMS FP are managed by SAIL framework, a IBM Japan asset programs. There, basically ...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Multiple user-exit for IBM Debugger when multiple debugger versions/OS exists on zos

Every time a new zos release is installed on the mainframe a new user exit has to be linked.The same is if there exists multiple releases of the debugger in zos.We have different zos-releases in different lpars and also testing new releases of the...
about 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.