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Change the displays commands for the server from Modify to Display

The users that can execute displays commands are going to be able to see details of the RSED started task so metrics could be easily taken from the product without the necessity of a person with a higher power like modify commands in z/OS. These a...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer Submitted

Add some coloring background to COBOL editor

Some users asked to add some coloring into the background when opening a COBOL program when using the COBOL editor, like the isCOBOL eclipse editor (see attached screenshot). For example, for the column 1 to 6, it will be gray and green starting c...
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

Have a table showing all variables not used in a program

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of adding an array or a list that would contain all the variables not used in a program. This would make it possible to know exactly what is not currently being used in a program and to be able to mor...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown Submitted

zCDP COBOL API to be executed in CICS not just in batch

Currently COBOL API in zCDP only works when executed in batch but in our environment, it is not the preferred way. Application team are currently doing this via CICS (EXEC CICS PROGRAM(<module>) and Ironstream product module is used for that...
12 days ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management Submitted

Modifying IMS Log archives so if a log is already archived, it returns with RC=04 instead of RC=08

As per Case # TS022792351. Whenever the following message is displayed:DSP0270I ONLINE LOG ALREADY ARCHIVED SSID=IMSD DDNAME=DFSOLPnn It currently ends with RC=08 which generally means something is wrong. In this case, it is not, and should be a R...
about 1 hour ago in IMS System Services / General System Submitted

Ability to search for a character in a specific column

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of having an easy method to search for a character in a specific column with Ctrl F and possibly make a Replace all only in a single column. The second one is useful in some language such as COBOL whe...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Submitted

GDPS LCPm Support Multiple SGC Vaults for MGM 4-Site Topology

Looking for GDPS LCP Manager (LCPm) to support multiple SGC vaults for MGM 4-Site topology. A single Safeguarded Copy vault creates a single point of failure in an otherwise highly resilient 4-site GDPS architecture. LCP Manager must support multi...
10 days ago in GDPS Submitted

INGRUN with a Pre-Execution Verify Option

For some customers, we are not able to verify that the runtime tokens are configured correctly. As a result, some disaster recovery tests may fail, leading to unnecessary discussions and troubleshooting afterwards. We propose adding a verify optio...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z System Automation Under review

Support installation of Omegamon Web UI on RedHat Openshift

Due to corporate security policies, many clients cannot implement the OMEGAMON WebUI using Docker or Podman; consequently, the only option available to them, being both secure and approved, is Red Hat OpenShift.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON Web UI Submitted

With Watson AI incorporated into Intellimagic we would like the following two scenarios included in comparative analysis and root cause analysis after a major mainframe incident

Why is it Useful? Whenever we have major Mainframe Incidents so many teams are researching, reporting and analyzing their siloed areas with their own reporting, methods and toolsets. Time to complete the reporting and analysis takes time and when ...
2 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted

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