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z/OS Python Virtual Environment

When you create a virtual environment in Python it copies the specific python version libraries and add couple of links to the runtime in order to work and segregate the packages and files to avoid changing the runtime files, keeping a clean envir...
7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Not under consideration

Python to support further encoding: tags beside 1047 and ISO8859-1

Currently, IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python seems to only support encoding 1047 and ISO8859-1. If we've coded: # encoding: cp1141 neither output nor error messages are shown for e.g. printed output. A simple print("Hello World") would be enough ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 5 Not under consideration

Include ZOAU as part of base Python

If using Python on zOS it is very likely it will be required to access zOS resources and therefore ZOAU will be required. To reduce the overheads associated with installing and maintaining 2 x products, ZOAU should come as part of the base Python ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

Allow use of CICS Security Discovery tooling without extracted Metadata

When trying to use the CICS Security tools added to CICS Explorer, nothing can be achieved until an sdd file created by extracting data from RACF. If for any any reason such a file cannot be created, none of the tooling can be used. IMHO, the tool...
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Launch CICS transactions from CICS Explorer / IDz

Eclipse has built-in support for launching applications with normal execution or for debug (launch and debug configurations). It is possible today to setup debug profiles for CICS applications from Eclipse but starting the actualy transaction does...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

View SYSPARM data across multiple CICS regions simultaneously

Allow CICS region SYSPARM data to be displayed and filtered, across multiple CICS regions, just as is available in the CPSM WUI.
almost 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 7 Not under consideration

I am looking for python39.3.13 latest package of python on IBMI , preferably Yum Package for Downloading and upgrading Python Package

This is needed by the business users
5 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer Auto Refresh

Enable CICS Explorer to have Auto Refresh like the CPSM WUI.
almost 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Display installed Enqueue Models

Explorer is not showing installed Enqueue models. We can see all definitions, but need to use the WUI to see the installed definitions. We are trying to cut down on the need to switch from Explorer to WUI to work.
5 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Ability to launch Python from batch like JZOS

We would like the ability to launch Python from batch like the way JZOS can launch Java from batch.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration