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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Debug for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 18, 2024

Switching between transactions to debug is no longer possible in the new version of Debugger

A test user has registered many transactions, as sometimes one transaction is debugged and sometimes the other. In this case, however, only one transaction should be debugged. With the newly installed version of the debug tool (V16.02), it is now the case that all registered transactions of the user are started when the debug session of a transaction is started. IBM has also confirmed this in PMR TS016538201. However, this was definitely not the case before the upgrade.  
To prevent this, all unused transactions must be de-registered. Stopping the transaction is not enough. As the developers are always working on several transactions, the transactions are only stopped because information regarding the user ID to be matched or the message for the transaction is lost with the de-registration. In addition, a stop of any of the started transactions causes all transactions to be stopped because all transactions are assigned the same region name. Please restore this functionality or provide a more reasonable solution, than reregistering every time.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Nov 1, 2024
    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. However, your request for enhancement is not currently aligned with our product strategy and vision. Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support.