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Workspace z/OS Connect
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Created on Jul 2, 2020

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This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit ZCEE-I-100 Ability to specify the client side interface of an API, created in the API Editor.

Better interface for 'interface renames' in the service interface view. Merged

Currently the z/OS connect toolkit requires users to rename interface fields in the service interfaces one-by-one, which can be time consuming when exposing hundreds of fields in a single interface.

A better interface would allow a user to compile this list externally at the design stage and then copy and paste the complete list into the service interface, or just sections of the list as needed for that interface; saving time and duplicated efforts by design and build resources.

I recommend an excel style-design for the interface, allowing the user to traverse and edit the 'interface rename' fields with arrow keys without extra mouse clicks or keystrokes in between renaming each field, as well as allowing copying and pasting of multiple renames at once from an external source.

Idea priority Low
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    |     Jul 13, 2020

    Thank you for this RFE.

    The need being expressed here can be summarised as being able to easily map native structure fields to those in a JSON schema that was designed separately from the copybook structure. This is known as "meet in the middle" mapping and we have an existing RFE (88702) that we have accepted for this:
    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewChangeRequest&CR_ID=88702

    Though in this case it is only the fieldnames changing, the broader use case is to map fields from any copybook to any pre-designed JSON schema regardless of structure. By being able to use the pre-designed JSON schema as a starting point, renames happen implicitly, thus avoiding the issue described in this RFE of having to type out the new field names to match the design.

    As such this RFE is being closed as a duplicate of RFE (88702) linked above.

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