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IBM Developer for z/OS

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Browing on sequencial file is taking lot of time.

Browsing the sequencial file is taking lot of time.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Show named loops in OutlineView

RationalDeveloperForSystemZ/PLI-Source/OutlineViewCurrently named loops (e.g. loop_csr_fpks: do forever;) are not shown in the outline view, is there any intention to change this behaviour in future releases of RDz?It would be nice to have an extr...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

RDz integration with OS Connect EE service archive generator and API editor

Provide integration with the z/OS Connect EE service archive generator similar to that provided by the CICS JSON services wizard of Enterprise Service Tools. This integration will facilitate the selection of input language structures and service p...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement for syntax check on copybook

When we used RDZ 8.0.3 we didn't have any problem.Like we are on RDZ 9.5.0 our copybooks have all lines with warning marks.For all copybooks (about 40 000) we use the clause replacing witch consist on change all :XXXX: in the copybook by R1 (by ex...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Support Cobol Report Writer syntax in RDz

Want RDz to support Cobol Report Writer syntax parsing
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

FIPS 140-2 for RDz Host Emulator

Add FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption capability to the host emulator within Rational Developer for System z
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

COBOL Sql Query Builder with additional logic included

We need the Query Builder in Rdz to be able to build COBOL SQL Syntax with the following capabilities:1. To be able to surround SQL with EXEC SQL ? END-EXEC2. To be able to attach Evaluate snippets/templates (Supplied by the user/client)3. To be a...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Can RDz suppport Microfocus APS COBOL?

RDz Editor currently cannot support parsing of APS-Cobol from microfocus, Users application are written in APS COBOL, which can get very limited benefit for using RDz. All smart editing features are disabled.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz/CARMA should present complete element data

When asking for the properties of an Endevor element via the CARMA interface we do not get all the relevant information. Previous actions for instance are not presented. For the developers this is important information that they need to have.A doc...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

Supporting JOBCORRELATOR in RDz JES Job Filter

In RDz your are only allowed to create filters using:owner, job name prefix, job status job class and job output class It would be really nice if the job correlation feature was also introduced in RDz.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration