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Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence

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DB2 on z/OS must support multiple projects in one database

We have multiple components in RTC which we need to add to ADDI projects in a DB2 database on z/OS. It is however not possible to have multiple projects in DB2. That means we have to create a new database for each project.

Update of AD audit for new services

AD audit needs to be improved with information from new services and better metrics report.As well as better search criteria

Problem on the import of sources in PDS

During the retreive of sources from a PDS (JCL, CSD, CPSM...). Is it possible to have filters on a MS-DOS command asynchronous and / or by a filter in the synchronisation file (synchro.txt).

Enhancement to check report to flag specific programs

In check report, programs from z/OS system and subsystems (MQ, CICS, DB2, IMS...) are reported to be missing, but it's not possible to load them in AD. We will need to know in the check report that these programs are not missing but as part of the...

Pass ID and Password of User in the Build Components

Customer's environment does not allow for the ID associated to the Listener to have access to Endevor datasets.

Support for GIT

Provide support for GIT as an SCM in ADDI

Consistant Db options

AD has the ability to use Db2 on zOS or SQL Server while DI has the ability to use Derby or Db2 UDB. Provide the same opportunity for Dbs across the entire product.

For AD 505+, need to be able to pre-alloc repository DB2 databases instead of having BUILD CLIENT dynamically create them

Customer (JOHN DEERE..makes tractors and other farming equipment) wants to create project databases in advance via their own DB2 DDL, instead of Application Discovery generating DDL via build client as a new project is generated.

List of Control-M elements

In the tab "Explore … (project name)", we can't see the list of available project resources on Control-M type. Our need is to have the list of Control-M elements in this tab (like other types, IWS for example).

PL/I Preprocessor Support required

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