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Automation to export WebServices Project and import into a new workspace

Users would like to be able to copy WebServices Project from one workspace to another including the configuration without having to manually regenerate the project.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Clarify and make configurable the ways to load dependencies in RDz user build

In the user build definition dialog, included in IDz 14.0.0.3, on the 2nd page of the wizard, you select the files to load. There are 2 checkboxes: - Discover the pending changes to load fir building "xxx.cbl"- Discover the dependancies to load fo...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Customize error/warnings for pli sources

When developing Java you can customize error/warings under Window-Preferences-Java-Compiler-Errors/Warnings. For example you can ignore some warnings. This Feature would also be useful for PLI.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

CARMA - Remember association regardless of search method

I do 'Search' in CARMA by specifying CPN* as element name (everything else System, sub-system, ect. is *). I find member and do 'Extract to' a 'Remote project'. Now, if I expand folders and drill down to the same member in ISODEV, SBU1, STND, ENTM...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

In IBM Debugger for z/OS allow -qtrace option to collect debugger engine trace to include folder names with space

In Windows > Preferences > Run/Debug > Compiled Debug > IBM z/OS Debugger preferences, in the Additional command line options field, allow -qtrace option accept a folder name containing space.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Data Flow / Data Flow Hierarchy View avoidance of suppressed assignments

Assignments that occur multiple times are suppressed in the views.Important information is simply suppressed. This only confuses and leads to wrong assumptions and errors. The problem occurs in both Dataflow and Dataflow Hierarchy views See use ca...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 6 Future consideration

The shift code containing a 2-byte character string is not correctly recognized on IDz

When developing a program or JCL in the IDz environment, the shift code containing a 2-byte character string is not correctly recognized and processed.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

copy query result into SQL script

in RDz, Data perspective, developer writes a SQL script cntaining for example a WHERE clause like WHERE aField = 'abc' and wants to copy 'abc' from the result of a query run previously. This result appears in the window SQL Result where two button...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Tooltip for variables in content-assist for PLI

In Java the according Java-Doc for variables is displayed when using the content-assist. It would be helpful to show the documentation/comment for a variable/contents of a structure when using the Content assist for PLI/Cobol-sources in RDz (or IDz).
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

RDZ Copy-Paste incomplete

You have a dataset with X'00' somewhere inside. You press CTRL-A to select everything, CTRL-C to copy everything and in a new dataset CTRL-V to paste everything. But only the beginning of the dataset is pasted. The last byte is the character just ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

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