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Status Future consideration
Categories Editors
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 10, 2019

public Compare API for plugin usage

See case TS002883929, currently there is no public IDz API for opening a compare editor in the IDz client while this functionality does already exist
(when you select two datasets in the Remote Systems view and select the 'Compare With > Each Other' option).
I would like there to be a public API for opening the compare editor on two MVS datasets
by providing the full dataset names or anything that i can derive from the paths themselves
(eg a ZOSSequentialDataSet object), it is not an issue if this requires some setup.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jul 22, 2020

    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 in line with our product strategy and we added it as a candidate for future releases of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.

  • Guest
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    Dec 18, 2019

    A preliminary evaluation of this request indicates that it is consistent with our business strategy. Further evaluation of this RFE is underway.