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Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on May 1, 2015

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RDZ Add symbols (e.g. %MEMBER%) in property groups "additional jcl"

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Please add "symbols" or "variables" to be used within the "Additonal JCL" (or other fields). One of them should equate to the name of the Cobol source member.

Sample: //SYSMDECK DD DISP=SHR,DSN=XXX.MDECK(%SRCMEM%)
where %SRCMEM% should be replaced by RDz at "rebuild subproject" or "create JCL for ..." with the source member name.

This would simplify using one property group for different sources, when creating e.g. //SYSMDECK output members or binding to a DB2 with //SYSTSIN

Idea priority Medium
  • 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
    |     Jul 23, 2015

    Symbol is

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 5, 2015

    This feature was delivered in version 8.5.1.
    Please see associated documentation for substitution variables in http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_8.5.1/com.ibm.etools.zide.cmn.doc/topics/r_pg_subvars.html?lang=en

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 1, 2015

    Attachment (Description): Sample of what I mean (here with %SRCMEM% as symbol)

    rfe-symbols.PNG
    rfe-symbols.PNG

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