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watsonx Code Assistant Ideas

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Utilizing WCA for mainframes outside of Z and servers like IBM Power/Also utilizing it for Microfocus COBOL

Currently, client has an insurance claims application hosted on IBM Power systems written in microfocus COBOL and wanting to use WCA to modernize to Java.
about 13 hours ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Submitted

Possibility to increase the Refactoring Assistant

The refactoring Assistant slice the monolith cobol into micro services. But then, you have a phase where you must adapt both cobol (the monolith, to make a "call" to the Refactored Cobol ans the refactored Cobol where you need to have a linkage se...

Tracking refactored code blocks as they are sliced in refactoring assistant

When slicing code blocks in the Refactoring Assistant, it would be helpful if there was some tracking so that the user knows what has been sliced previously. Even if this tracking is just for the current session or workbook, this would be helpful....

Context based slicing for given variable for both include and working storage  and bulk slicing for these.

This is a functionality already in consideration by product management for Refactoring Assistant.
15 days ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Refactor Assistant: Not cleaning up dead code while slicing the code block for service / new program creation

Case number TS015819461 Please find the recommendation for Refactor Assistant on cleaning up dead code while slicing the code block for service / new program creation. Please open a case as Mark requested to improve RA tool capability. #5 – Refact...
26 days ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

WCA4Z in Z Open Editor needs to access IBM Cloud through a proxy server

When Z Open Editor clients can only access IBM Cloud through a proxy server, attempts to set the API key fail with an error: 2024-03-21T13:45:09.845-04:00 ERROR: 2024-03-21T17:45:09.845Z: watsonx Code Assistant error response: [/v1/wca/codegen/c2j...
about 1 month ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Train, increase and adapt the explainability phase for customer needs

The possibility for the explainability asset to have something like a dictionary, a repository... in order to train the model and having tailored fit answer. This repository would be populated by the customer and his assets and specification (for ...

WatsonX for IBM i

An generative AI LLM helping write code for RPGLE would be huge! Codeium and CoPilot are nice, but you would think that IBM could come up with a better product!

Possibility for the testing capabilities that can be used as other usage than compare monotith Cobol to Java/ Cobol from scratch to monolith cobol

The tools could be used for generating Cobol or Java test set for validating any kind of program, refactored or not with no purpose to Transform them with AI (could be a good point for VsCode because zUnit isn't on it). And if it's possible, compa...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Needs more information

Idenitfy code with duplicate functionality

A few customers I have talked to have asked how WCA4Z can identify duplicate code for them as part of the understand and refactor phases. Customers tend to have duplicate code across their applications that can be consolidated into reusable servic...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Planned for future release