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Search results: watsonx Code Assistant for Z

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WCA4Z COA should scan for //JOBLIB in JCL and use it instead of //STEPLIB to pickup profiler load module

Some of the JCL will have many steps and the user have to modify ever single step for profiler load module. If we can able to add profiler load module PDS in //JOBLIB then it will avoid coding //STEPLIB in multiple places inside the JCL
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WCA4z ADDI to be a real-time snapshot

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BBVA wanted the code in ADDI to be a real-time snapshot, or almost real-time. If a developer made a change that modified a dependency, they wanted the rest of the developers to be able to see it quickly and not have to wait until the next day.
11 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Needs more information

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...
3 months 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...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

ADDI - Program Flow and Flow Chart Updates For Sections in COBOL

ADDI is designed to pick up COBOL Paragraphs. The vendor uses the word SECTION for the COBOL paragraphs. This results in displaying the words FIRST_SENTENCES in the paragraph name in the Program Flow and Flow Chart reports. Example: Code = C100-PR...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Automating Java Code Fixes in WCA4z with Agentic AI

Business Challenge Current Limitation: The WCA4z tool transforms legacy code into Java. However, the transformed Java code often contains syntax or semantic errors that require significant manual intervention to fix. This process is time-consuming...
3 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

If PCBs are passed as pointers, it is not supported in our PL1 compiler.

When clients want to see the relationship btw PL1 and IMSDB, it cannot shown. Since if PCBs are passed as pointers, it is not supported in our PL1 compiler. Background: In our client's current PL/I program, Program Communication Blocks (PCBs) are ...
9 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Planned for future release

Cobol Explain to be saved as Annocations in AD

It would be useful to be able to save the COBOL Explain text as a annotation in ADDI. Today you can save/insert it as a comment in the cobol code. But if we could save it as an annotation in ADDI, then the explanation would also be available to bu...
about 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Read an old COBOL program and document it in english such that a business user could read and understand it

With COBOL programmers retiring, clients struggle to identify critical business logic hidden in old COBOL code. This ability is also important for refactoring old COBOL code, creating APIs and Integration points, and in deciding which capabilities...
almost 2 years ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 2 Delivered

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...
over 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 2 Planned for future release