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Support jUnit as output format in zCodeScan

Add support for jUnit/xml as an output format from zCodeScan besides sonar cube/json This would make transitioning from IDz Code review easier for us that is running a build orchestrator (i.e. Team City) that have native support to present testres...
20 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 0 Submitted

Enhance SuperC (ISRSUPC) to Add Option to Suppress Report Headers

Using SuperC in Batch (ISRSUPC) the ability to suppress the report headers would be helpful for applications that only need the report data.
about 1 year ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 4 Not under consideration

IDZ Sofware Analyzer - Client Batch Mode - Link with z/OS Copybooks

When we work with IDZ in an interactive mode (eclipse UI), we have added property groups for our projects, in order to link cobol copybooks strored on z/OS PDS (especially technical copybooks we don't need in the Workspace : SQL Messages, MQ, ...)...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Some SuperC options should cater for longer lines

A number of SuperC compare options are currently rejected for datasets with an LRECL > 256: ISRS013W CERTAIN "DO NOT PROCESS" OPTIONS ARE REJECTED DUE TO LI NE LENGTHS > 256. OPTIONS RESERVED FOR PROGRAM SOURCE DATA. ISRS016W MOVE LINE DETEC...
almost 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Store outputs of the software analyzer in individual files

At the moment the output of all runs is stored in a single file. In the future, we would like the run of every programm anaylized stored in an individual file (XML, JUnit, ...).
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

Improve and expand batch Software Analyzer functionality in IDz (z/os Explorer Extension)

Improve generated reports and outputs from IDz's batch Software Analyzer.Currently, the report that is generated from a batch run is 0 bytes and contains no details.The other files are included in the zip but are xml and hard to analyze.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

True length of DSECT

There should be a method (perhaps a new parameter) that would cause the "length" attribute of a DSECT to return the actual size of the dummy section, rather than simply returning a value of 1.
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

Structured Programming Macros: support parenthetical grouping of logical conditions via parentheses

Support for parenthetical grouping of logical conditions is currently only possible by using the ANDIF and ORIF operators. This is because the Structured Programming Macros do not support the use of parentheses to specify logical hierarchy of cond...
over 9 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Provide a new system variable symbol to provice the current RMODE value

Useful in macros to determine current RMODE at assembly time.
9 months ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration

Improve performance for running code review by JCL

When running a code review/sowftware analyze in IDz it takes miliseconds, when running it by JCL the same code review takes about a minute. Most of the time seems to isolated to starting up a headless instance of eclipse, even when implementing ca...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration