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PL1 support Business Rules Discovery

NRB has mainly PL1 programs and would like to discover business rules
over 5 years ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 2 Not under consideration

Store PARM details when processing JCL

We are trying to identify when certain REXX scripts get called and this is stored as the PARM in the JCL. With the example below, I can see details for the inputs and outputs, but can't find 'OS#QTIM1' stored anywhere: //STEP020 EXEC PGM=IRXJCL,PA...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Provide full system symbol support in yaml files and any 'captured' component locations

For some of the yaml file uses, this would aid in deployment and backout where if we could put a system symbol in the 'instance' file names (those created outside SMP/E) so that when we apply a PTF we update the symbol, UMS/ADF (whichever) would t...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Under review

Provide for systems symbols in the various field (especially DNS names) on the subsytem registration panel/process

We currently perform monthly BCP testing. in these test, the host name is prepended with information to contact these 'copies'. For everything else this is done by using a system symbol that is normally blank, but in the test environment has a val...
about 1 year ago in Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS 0 Under review

Support for associating files and data sets for COBOL programs that do not have file definitions

In COBOL programs (*1) that realizes file access by calling the subroutines responsible for the access method, there is a restriction that the file name to be accessed cannot be associated with the data set name. It is possible to define the assoc...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Support settings for DEX oidc upstream connector in dashboard

Setting up ADDI/DEX with oidc as upstream connector instead of ldap to support smartcard logon thru external provider is working as excpected. But configuration needs to be done directly in the dex.conf file instead of the dashboard. This means th...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Ability to clear all filters in dashboard with one click

I have a dashboard that has a dozen filters. I want to be able to clear all the filter selections with one click similar to the "Clear all" feature in the fields filter UI.
over 4 years ago in Cognos Dashboard Embedded 4 Not under consideration

Support Natural Language (code) with WCA4Z: Refactor / Explain

In Brazil, we have several clients whose entire application landscape is developed in Natural. When we present the watsonx Code Assistant for Z (WCA4Z), these clients show clear interest. However, the only currently applicable capability for Natur...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Future consideration

add "extract business rules" function in the understanding 2.0 component

as understanding 2.0 component in v2.6 release, it supports "identify biz rules", it will be help more if there a new function "extract business rules", which would combine the "identify biz rules" and refactor assistant code slicing/extracting fu...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Create a connection between TADZ and the Understand part of WxCA4z

Hi, It could be very usefull to retrieve information from TADZ on the same User Interface than Application Discovery Dellivery Intelligency. It would help us a lot to sell the product for different persona (developpeur, Business Analyst, System En...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review