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IBM Developer for z/OS

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SET HEX ON for JES2 Output

My customer is HSBC. Currently, under SDSF, they can view the JES2 job output in HEX format by using the "SET HEX ON" SDSF command.They would like to have the same "HEX ON" function when browsing JES2 job output thru RDz.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Annotations about EIBCPOSN and other CICS variables should not appear on Rational Developer for System z 7.5

when a COBOL program is opened in Rational Developer for System z 7.5 annotations about EIBCPOSN and other CICS variables not being resolved appear. This is not good when customer has a lot of CICS programs. CICS variables are only resolved at lin...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Change Password functionality

RDz does not have the functionaly to change TSO password for the connected user before it expires. Change password functionality is required for the every mainframe logon mechanism. Identifying password expiry date.
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Content Assist / blank after parenthesis

content assist does not work in a PL/I source when there is no space after a parenthesis. We received the following reply from IBM Software Support on 2008-07-08:I checked with the development team here and am told the this is the waythe Content A...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Need to present aggregated accounting information

SCLM maintains accounting information about the members under SCLM control. Currently, on ISPF, a User can see the accounting data for multiple members all at once. With the SCLMDT, a user can only see accounting information for a single member at...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

"Search" feature for SCLM DT

Currently, RDz [in the z/OS Projects Perspective on the RSE pane] supports a "search" feature when a filter returns a large number of entries. or the PDS has a very large number of members. A similar search capability is needed for the SCLM DT to ...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Auto Refresh feature for SCLM DT

Currently, filters do not refresh automatically. This is, a the least, an annoyance for users and -- I believe -- there is a requirement for auto-refresh on the z/OS Projects (RSE Filters) side. This capability should be added to the SCLM DT funct...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Filters should not be deleted switching between Modes in SCLMDT

Currently, SCLM DT supports two "modes" -- the mode for Developer and the mode for Explorer. Right now, when you switch between modes, the filters that you built in the first mode are DELETED. That makes no sense. While it is logical to assume tha...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Documentation should indicate how to configure BIDI for a DB2 connection

IDz knowledge center page https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_15.0.0/com.ibm.etools.zide.cmn.doc/topics/azddb2con_2.html does not indicate that BIDI needs to be set on a DB2 connection to correctly display Hebrew
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 1 Delivered

Editor enhancement : better handling of column 72

Copy these 2 lines to the lpex editor: dcl y fixed bin(31); /* TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST */ Place the cursor after ?;? in the first line.Press delete. It preserves the 27 blanks giving us: dcl y fixed bin(31); /* TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST ...
about 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered