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    Quick/Easy access to DB2 tables and queries

    The new DB2 features within IDz are great, but a little cumbersome to use. In order to access tables and queries within the Remote Systems pane, I have to navigate through 5 layers of dropdown menus. I think a new, separate DB2 "view" would be rea...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Introduce new extension, .spcbl, and potentially a new boolean variable. ${IS_SP}, to be used in DBB and other DevOps products for Cobol Stored Procedures.

    Currently there is no easy way to determine if a Cobol program is a Cobol Batch program or a Cobol Stored Procedure. Since they have different compiler options, it is important to be able to indicate to DBB and other DevOps tools which one - Cobol...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

    Differentiate enter keys in key mapping of Remote Connection Emulator

    I generally set my standard Enter to the "New Line" command, and my numpad Enter key to "Enter" in other emulators. However, the Remote Connection Emulator does not differentiate between the two. Ideally, these each would be separate keys that cou...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 0 Submitted

    Create an MVS Subproject *sub*folder (or just nested MVS subprojects)

    In the z/OS Projects pane, I'd like to be able to nest MVS subproject folders within MVS subproject folders. This would allow for significantly improved organization of project files and datasets. For example, let's assume I have an MVS subproject...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Submitted

    IDz on VS Code display of some DBCS characters incorrect in JCL Editor

    The versions we used were: VS Code: 1.103.2 Z Open Editor: 5.6.0Zowe Explorer: 3.2.2IDzEE: v17Code page: IBM-937 Regarding VS Code, in another environment my colleague had tried a POC before and saw two indicators next to Chinese characters (such ...
    3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 1 Future consideration

    IDz: Add the "Open Member" function to the JCL Editor

    When viewing/editing a JCL member with the JCL Editor, the Context Menu should support the "Open Member" function. This function is available in the Context Menu when viewing/editing a JCL member with the LPEX Editor but not with the JCL Editor.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

    LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D'

    LPEX EDITOR command line should also support hex value search similar to tso 3.4 ex f x'0D' . Please refer IBM case TS016750744.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Needs more information

    CARMA Hyperlink to DSN from PRINT ELEMENT

    Currently when a request is made to PRINT ELEMENT and RUN IN FOREGROUND is selected the user is presented with the results and a Target DSN . There is no facility to either click on a hyperlink for the DSN nor even copy the DSN.
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 0 Submitted

    Rearrange the Configure User Build views

    The Configure User Build dialog has the following pages: General information File attributes Log File Script parameters Additonal Files to Load Options 2 and 3 only have to be specified once but we never change them post the initial configuration....
    about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Adding UTF-8 support to the CARMA repositories view

    In the CARMA repositores view you can view and edit source files stored in Endevor. However some sourcetypes are in UTF-8 (in our case wsdl's and xsd's) but on the moment sources in UTF-8 cannot be viewed or editted because it is not supported by ...
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

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