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    Incorporate Support for Spark Connect Dataframe API into IBM Apache Spark Version 4

    The Apache Spark on Z customer base at V3.5.1 cannot securely initiate a z-based spark workload from off-platform (including z/Linux, OCP, or RHEL x86). The solution dating back to Apache Spark 3.4 is the Spark Connect dataframe API. We ask IBM to...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 2 Planned for future release

    Allow passtickets to be used on JDBC connection to Db2 for z/OS

    Currently, Spark only allows a password to be used for a JDBC connection. Allowing the use of a passticket on the connection improves security (no need to store or send passwords) and improves the manageability of a customers environment. This cou...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 0 Future consideration

    JSON support in EGL generated COBOL for System i

    We know that RBD 9.6 has support for Json , but its not available for Cobol generation on System i (as400)
    about 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 3 Not under consideration

    Spark method to more easily use datasets

    There is no simple way to feed dataset data into Spark through the shell which is a common method of invoking Spark. A function should be developed or a script made available that would be an official IBM method to use datasets with Spark.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 2 Future consideration

    WSDL ANY type is not supported in EGL

    Customer wants to use web service developed in Java. The signature of the method is a variable of type ANY but RBD doesn't support this type into a service. for example : if you try to create a web service with a ANY type as parameter and when use...
    about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Not under consideration

    Web Service support for WS-Atomic Transaction

    Support is required for Web Service Atomic Transaction, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.zseries.doc/info/zseries/ae/cjta_wstran.html
    about 18 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 6 Not under consideration

    request to support packaging the fda7.jar at the EAR level

    When moving the fda7.jar at the EAR level, EGL Web service fails with error Caused by: java.rmi.RemoteException: EGL1603E An error occurred while loading the com.ibm.support.myservice.MyService service. Error: com.ibm.support.myservice.MyService_I...
    over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 5 Not under consideration

    Cluster Mode - IzODA

    I would like Spark on z to be sysplex compliant as is MOST Software on system z. • We expect IzODA to use multiple workers (executors) on multiple lpars with one master node • if the master node goes down, IzODA will automatically reassign Spark M...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 1 Future consideration

    EGLSDK to generate service configuration files in the same way as EGLCMD and Ant scripts

    This was previously raise as Case number TS014714157, where it was suggested to raise it as an RFE, for inclusion in the next release. EGLSDK does not generate essential configuration files, needed to call EGL services.1. generate -generateFile Xx...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 2 Planned for future release

    Successful initialization messages from Spark Started tasks

    When Spark-master & Spark-Worker are successfully started as started Tasks on z/OS, they should write messages to SYSLOG to indicate that those spark components have started successfully. Such messages are important for System Automation produ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z Platform for Apache Spark 1 Future consideration

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