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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 31, 2012

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RDz Menu Manager, JCL Substitution uppercasing mixed case variable values

Environment Details:
RDz 8.0.3

Customer Impact:
Menu Manager can not handle mixed case variable values in $input

Customers Problem Description:
The customer needs to submit JCL that contains mixed case variable names and also standard (required) upper case variables.

Location of files not able to attach to work item:
MVS08 USER184.PMRS.JCL(DEPLOY)

Recreation Steps:
Import attached imssoapstg.xml

Expected Behavior:
Allow mixed case variable values for $input as whell as retaining the behavior to force uppercase variable values to keep current behavior.

Part 1: Base Menu Manager (MM) needs to support a new optional parameter to indicate whether or not to auto-uppercase variable values(default,current behaviour), or leave as-is. This parameter should apply to all MM variables, not just the prompt ones.
Part 2: All who contribute contexts to base Menu Manager that implement the variable substitution extension would need to now need to handle this new option

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
    |     Jun 12, 2013

    Delivered in RDz V9.0

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 6, 2013

    Planned for RDz V9

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 17, 2012

    This RFE is consistent with our roadmap and is being considered for delivery in the next 2 year time frame. Thanks.

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