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    Ability to map alphanumeric keys (like CTRL+A) on the key mapping settings of the Remote Connection Emulator (RCE)

    On the Host Connection Emulator in IDz v15, it was possible to map alphanumeric keys like CTRL-P for push. The same functionality is requested for the Host Connection Emulator in v17.
    7 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Needs more information

    IDz - CARMA/Endevor type processor group description

    There is usually more than one processor group for each type. In order to know which processor group to choose, the programmer needs to use the description of processor groups. Choosing the wrong processor group can cause production failures. In t...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Future consideration

    Configuration of DBB in IDz similar to ‘zapp.yaml’ in VSCode.

    We would like to use a defined ‘zapp.yaml’ in IDz as it is configured in VSCode. So it would be much easier for the user to use the build. It is quite complicated to setup the user build for a normal host user. And it would be perfect to let the d...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 3 Future consideration

    Add the ability to connect via passticket with "Remote Connection Emulator" (RCE) from IBM Developper for z/OS 16*

    Currently, users can connect to IDz thru RACF passticket but must use a user/password to connect to HCE, and now RCE. Would it be possible to find a method or at least reuse the passticket connection set up on IDz to automatically connect to the h...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 2 Not under consideration

    Default Application Manifest extension for DBB builds in Wazi Deploy Packager

    Wazi Deploy packager (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/17.0.x?topic=commands-wazi-deploy-packager-command) comes with an extension option to amend information into the application manifest file. I would like to see a default extension...
    4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Planned for future release

    UserBuild enabled IDEs to pass dependency set for uploading to USS

    Problem: We are facing an issue where a certain type of programs dependencies are not being discovered during the user build. The program will compile just fine as long as the dependencies are available on USS. So one challenge is to get all the r...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 5 Future consideration

    JDK LCM for IBM Installation Manager and Package Utility

    Installation Manager and Package Utility is considered a threat for our mission critical applications by our security department, because it runs on an IBM supported open JDK version 8. This version is considered out of date and does not receive t...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

    Add ability to toggle on and off quotes around DBB IDz User Build entry for paths that have a user name with a # or # in the path

    We are encountering issues with DBB and the dbb-zappbuild scripts that we believe are the result of the UserID naming strategy for the environment.On the system we are currently trying to test in all UserIDs follow a naming convention which includ...
    4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 1 Needs more information

    zUnit need to support pointer item and pointer area as parameters of a sub program call

    We cannot use zUnit for our BMP modules! We use IMS as our transaction manager, so the majority of our batch modules are BMP’s.Almost 100% of our modules use AIBTDLI.Almost all of our modules use the use the same (company) standard.After the AIBTD...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

    Alternative schema to be searched in place of the SYSIBM schema

    The Catalog navigation function requires read access to several Db2 system catalog tables. In some cases, system administrators deliberately do not grant access to SYSIBM. Instead, a set of views, or copies of the system catalog tables are in an a...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

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