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Using RDz with BMS editor, need to have a preference for EXTATTS= NO or YES

Working with RDz 7.5.1 and BMSThe customer is using only EXTATT=NOthe default is EXTATT=YESthere is no possibility to modify this default value in the preferencesThe customer is obliged each time he works with a new BMS to change the option EXTATT...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Suppress object of ODO from interface and calculate value at runtime

In a web services bottom up generation scenario, we use the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause in our COBOL Copybooks to have variable length arrays and RDz correctly translates to the schema equivalent of minOccurs and maxOccurs. The use of the ODO claus...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Delivered

db2 explain of embedded sql

When developing PL1 or Cobol programs in rdz, containing embedded sql, we would like to have a feature that allows us to perform a DB2(running on z/os)explain of the statement. We have looked into OSC as a tool and this is an option if proper inte...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

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...
almost 16 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...
over 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 ...
over 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...
over 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered