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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Status of all the connections defined in the Z/OS project view

In the Z/OS perspective we need to get the status of all the connections defined in the "Remote System" view. As we have several environments and we are regularly facing time out issues we need this clearly until the component level we are updated.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Infosphere DataStudio: Table Data Editor, Enhancement to the Filter Dialog

In the Data Perspective of DataStudio, DataArchitect, Rational Developer and a host of other eclipse based product, there exist a very powerfull DataBase explore view, from this view, an editor for maintaining/viewing the data content is available...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

COBOL (and PL/I) editor Open Declaration should be in browse mode

Exactly same description as in ID: 31959 COBOl and PL/I editor Open Declaration should be in browse mode not in edit mode
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

RDz tooling or documentation to enhance codepage support on CARMA (Endevor) RAM VSAM

Rational Developer for System z tooling or documentation to enhance codepage support on CARMA (Endevor) RAM VSAM. Currently only limited codepage support exists for CARMA Endevor RAM VSAM. This enhancement should result in tooling or documentation...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

Sub-projects associated with CARMA - 'Extract to', 'Retrieve from Endevor' options

From a CARMA-associated project I can select two options - Extract to Remote project and Team Retrieve from Endevor. If you select any of these options, RDz asks you if you want to override the member. The connection is 'backward'. Extract/Retriev...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Software Analyzer - changing sub-menu

When you select 'Software Analyzer' first time, you have two options: 'Software Analyzer Configurations..', 'New Configurations'... The design makes you believe that first option allows you to select the existing configurations, and the second - t...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

LPEX : Have a keyboard shortcut for Fill Selection

LPEX Editor in ispf modeHave a keyboard shortcut for Fill Selection, which can be found by right after clicking then Selected File Selection -> Fill Selection...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

LPEX : New preference for having Rectangle Selection

LPEX Editor in ispf modeHaving Rectangle Select be able to select one less character when using rectangle selection in LPEX Editor (ispf mode).
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Rational Developer for System z should preserve member statistics (created/changed date) when COPY/PASTE done to another PDS.

When using Rational Developer for System z (RDz) to COPY member from one z/OS PDS and PASTE member into another z/OS PDS, ISPF statistics on member should be transferred as well. This should work like ISPF 3.3 does when copying member(s) from one ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDZ Syntaxcheck PLI-Programm in PLI-Editor

They might be able to add a setting to the Real Time Syntax Check Preferences so that you could set an option such as NOSYN and the parser would then not flag that statement.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration