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Status Delivered
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 10, 2023

Specify a custom Db2 for z/OS connection name

Currently, when a connection to a Db2 subsystem is created it only specifies the host name and LOCATION. From my experience, developers don't know the LOCATION but only the common name of the subsystem.

It would be nice if developers could specify a name (comparable how you can specify a name of a z/OS connection that's different to the host name).

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jul 24, 2023
    This is available in IDz 16.0.2
  • Guest
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    Jul 10, 2023

    Sorry, I just found out that this is in fact possible today already. This idea can be closed.