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New method IPropertyGroupContainer.addPropertyGroup(IPropertyGroup)

As a developer of a plugin for IDz within my organization, I would like to have a method that allows me to add an instance of IPropertyGroup to a container. This method should be similar to the existing methods: - [createPropertyGroup(java.lang.St...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Planned for future release

Ability to Make the New DFHCE3549 Logon Message Format Optional in CICS TS 6.2

We request the introduction of an optional parameter enabling: Reverting to the previous (short) format of the DFHCE3549 message, Or selecting between the new and the old format, Or using a backward‑compatible message without the additional inform...
about 2 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

DFHAM4853 (DB2T) add duplicate RDO Group information as message DFHAM4838 (DB2E)

Add Duplicate Group information for DB2TRAN, which was already done (6.2) for DB2ENTRY. DFHAM4853 (DB2TRAN) < duplicate RDO group text not shown; this new RFE DFHAM4838 (DB2ENTRY). < duplicate RDO group now shown; RFE CICSTS-I-2115 Sam...
6 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Planned for future release

Hide the "one-click" link that assigns the obsolete LPEX editor to 4 extensions in IDz "Preferences"

Like many of your customers, we have taken note of the fact that LPEX is no longer a maintained editor : we have worked hard to assign as many different types and extensions as possible to other more suitable (and maintained) editors. However, we ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Planned for future release

HACPEE support on Openshift

We need HACPEE support on Openshift and images available on Openshift catalog
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software Planned for future release

Store hyperswap information in SA tables

History of planned and unplanned hyperswaps
11 months ago in GDPS Planned for future release

Progress Feedback for GDPS Script Verification

Currently, when a GDPS script is initiated, there is no feedback provided to the initiator during verification, leading to uncertainty about whether the process is underway. This lack of feedback can cause confusion and unnecessary actions by oper...
about 1 year ago in GDPS Planned for future release

GDPS LCP Virtual volume threshold change

We have a SGC setup in my environment where as i monitor the Virtual volume capacity manually and expand when it reach 60 to 70%. One day i missed to expand for 2days and it full and we lost couple of SGC's. When i investigated about the threshold...
10 months ago in GDPS Planned for future release

COBOL support for reqular expressions

COBOL 6.4: The IF, INSPECT, and UNSTRING verbs, for example, could well benefit from supporting regular expressions, thus increasing the power and flexibility of the COBOL language. Consider the case of finding a phone number in an address line. S...
about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers Planned for future release

The GDPS monitor should not report an error when the GM session is paused during scheduled captures in the Cybervault environment.

In our Cybervault environment, we take a capture every 8 hours at 2am, 10am, and 6pm. During each capture, the GM session is paused, which is normal behaviour; however, GDPS detects that the GM session isn't running and generates an alert: GEO645E...
about 1 year ago in GDPS Planned for future release