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    Add global option support for STA, STO and PST TRAN commands.

    Enabling PLEXPARM for IMS transactions allows setting a global status for IMS AREAS, DBS and TRANS. However for transactions the only way to set this is via the update transaction command. IMS RACF OPERCMDS settings cannot be configured for to all...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

    Need support for EBCDIC code page IBM-278

    Supported codesets - IBM Documentation indicates that IBM-278 is not supported. Customers need support for IBM-278 in IBM ZCodeScan which relies on IBM Python to scan their COBOL source in native EBCDIC IBM-278.
    3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Functionality already exists

    Allow parallel installation of Python FMIDs

    Currently, every new Python version ist delivered with ++DELETEs for the older Pyhton FMID. A complete migration of everything is sometimes very difficult, as some packages from IBM Pythin AI Toolkit or pypi may don't work together with the new ve...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Future consideration

    Python program control

    We're writing an C module for Python that uses __passwd service. Unfortunately, it couldn't be used without issue, because the python shared objects and binaries are not delivered with extattr +p (program control). So we've to code our own usermod...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Future consideration

    Python module for BCPii

    We are close to ending 2024, and writing HTTP requests in ASM, C/C++, REXX is a massive crutch.One can imagine how something that is meant to be a last resort (client web enablement toolkit) has become the norm, out of sheer resistance to introduc...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keyword, which can result in massive output messages for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This can impact the operations of system operators. It also affects overall workload throughput due t...
    about 2 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Not under consideration

    Bypass combined DBRC UNAUTH request for multiple AREAs

    /DBR DB and /DBR AREA commands can issue the DBRC UNAUTH request for a list of AREAs, the maximum number of AREAs in one list being 160. When the UNAUTH request is isseued for a list of AREAs, the RECON can be reserved for a long period of time. T...
    about 2 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 0 Under review

    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...
    10 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 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

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