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IBM Developer for z/OS

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JCL substitution works at steps level, not at job level

In RDz, in a property group, there's a tabl JCL substitution for steps like COBOL, PL/I, LInk, Run, but not for JCL; This means you cannot use substitution variables for the whole job. The only way to achieve this is follow the steps described in ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

LPEX Editor ISPF commands don't all work in Uppercase

ISPF Commands should work in both upper and lower case for consistency in the user experience. Certain commands such as 'UNDO' only work in lower case. .
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Notification on ended job

When submitting a jcl in rdz, I would like a notification when the job has finished. Some users may NOT want a nofitication so this behaviour shuold be controlled by a preference or by having as "submit with notification" menu option.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

RSE 'Compare with each other' - ignore data in pos. 73-80 (as an option)

In RSE I select two programs and perform 'compare with each other'. The window shows me two programs side by side and differences between. We are using Endevor as a source repository. Endevor inserts data (basically program number and some statist...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Rechercher un fichier ou un PDS dans RDz avec une * dans la premi?re partie de son nom

La recherche d'un ensemble de fichiers s?quentiels (ou PDS) qui ont en commun la fin de leur nom (ou plus exactement dont la premi?re partie du nom diff?re) est impossible depuis RDz alors qu'elle l'est depuis le 3270.Par exemple, nous stockons no...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

A number of features are requested for System z Data Editor

I am opening this RFE on behalf of my customer, BNP PARIBAS ITAM department. Six features were requested in the PMR by the customer of which 3 will be in a furture release of RDz. Without these 6 features, the customer will not use the editor and ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Utilisation (Remplissage) d'un PDS

Je ne retrouve pas sur RDz les informations ? Current allocation ?, ? Current Utilization ? et ? Dates ? des PDS, visibles sur le 3.2 de TSO, et utiles ? nos d?veloppeurs.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

Would like to view Fault analyzer history

Would like to be able to view the information from the H (Duplicate history) option in Fault Analyzer.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Support for REXX development

Add full support for the REXX language in RDz including content assist, source formatting, and syntax checking.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Addition of function to get the size(length) of variables in CAM API

The CAM API for code review currently do not have a function to retrieve the field size of declared variables. This would greatly help the developer to create custom code review rules that needs the variable length. Currently, developers have to c...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration