IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Add a new idea Subscribe
Status Delivered
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Client Install
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 17, 2014

RELATED IDEAS

Complete Formatting in Cobol/PL/1 module should give warning

Today when using the shortcut ctrl+shift+f PL/1 and Cobol editor (properly also LPEX) the formatter either takes selected text and formats, and if nothings is selected it will reformat it all.

This is properly to be like the java editor, however Cobol and PL/1 programs will often be 10-500 times larger than a "normal" java class.

We have had a few cases where users did a reformatting, which basically moved around on way of much code, in a few cases the reformatting was first discovered after some time, and several changes needed to be reverted, to undo formatting. It would be nice to have a warning in case of "full reformatting", simply a dialog saying something like, you have requested a full reformatting proceed?

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 2, 2015

    This feature was delivered in version 9.5.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 8, 2015

    The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 21, 2014

    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. Your request is currently inline with our product strategy and we have planned it for a future release of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.