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Insufficient information on CRR* error messages

When there are issues with RDz Client and Server components, the error messages displayed doesn't provide enough information for the users to understand the issue or provide any guidance to resolve the issue.The current help over the internet also...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 3 Delivered

RDz JES Remote Monitor

For JES, it's not obvious that a completed job actually abended or had a bad return code unless you use the ?Monitor? window. However, what you're monitoring goes away each time RDz logs you off. So if I leave my desk for 10 minutes and come back,...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

In RDz version 8.0.3, inline macros being flagged as invalid. These are valid and should be not be flagged as errors.

In RDz version 8.0.3, Assembler macros must be defined in either the base or user macro file so that the programs that use them will not flag as an error. This process does not take into account inline macros and they are being flagged as invalid....
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

RDz JES Filter - would like to show more info

Would like the ability to see more data in the JES Filter. Right now it only shows the job name, if it could show comments it would make searching for jobs much easier.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Ability to specify a template for a Job Card with the Endevor plugin

The CA Endevor API has a Submit Package action and this is what we use. CA Endevor is the one that requires the jobcards and CA Endevor uses them to submit the job. With the batch support for the element actions, the RDz Endevor RAM takes the temp...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Endevor - Give us a quick edit like processing

In carma - endevor - we select a module and there are two many steps to go through to do the updates. In quick edit it is simple. I don't really care if it uses a PDS, that is great, but the steps need to be redused.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Add a process for viewing called subroutines like we view copybooks from source code

Currently when viewing COBOL programs in RDz we have the ability to select and browse copybooks. I would like the same feature for viewing subroutines. When changing programs many times there is a need to view the subroutine source. Many times the...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Improve the performance in RDz client when displaying the contents of a "large" PDS "as a table" in the Rem. Sys. Details vw

From the RDz client Remote Systems view, a user has the option to display the contents of a PDS file "as a table". When doing this, each PDS member's "statistics" are displayed as a row in a table that is displayed in the Remote System Details vie...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

The ability to override a property group needs to be available at the dataset level

Currently the ability to override a property group exists at the member level only. When setting up PDS's on the mainframe they are normally set up by project. As such any property group overrides necessary for one module in the PDS is normally ne...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 5 Delivered

Inability to see element changes by version/level

In RDz, when you compare two elements you see them side by side. Endevor lets you see change history for a particular level of an element (by entering 'C' in front of the element name) either from 'Summary of Element Levels' or 'Element Selection ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 13 Delivered

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