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Be able to preload classes in JVM for executing Java IMS transactions

To avoid a significant CPU and elapsed time impact after a JVM restart—particularly on the first executed transactions—it may be a good idea to preload a list of Java classes before the business applications start running, during JVM initializatio...
8 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

Need support for editing DBCS members where one or both SO/SI are missing

When source code members miss one or both SO/SI characters (x'0E or x'0F) then IDz on VS code and Eclipse fail to edit them or display them as read only. Customers need to be able to edit and save them to MVS.
5 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Writing IMS type x'99' log records for CDC to an external/separate IMS Log dataset.

WE are currently running a single image of IMS, and have CDC streaming of DB updates enabled to and Enterprise Event Hub. Due to the number of DB's enabled for streaming, the volume of log records written since enabling CDC has significantly incre...
6 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Submitted

Add EXPORT and SYMBOLS Keyword Support for the LPEX JCL Editor

A user noticed she gets errors when she uses the EXPORT and SYMBOLS keywords when using the LPEX JCL editor. The EXPORT keyword is associated with the message Incorrect JCL operation field. The SYMBOLS keyword is associated with the message Unknow...
18 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

DFSJVMAP member of the IMS PROCLIB data set is not available for the STDENV option

The DFSJVMEV and DFSJVMMS members of the IMS proclib can be overruled by using the //STDENV option in JCL. Is it possible to make this also available for the DFSJVMAP member? This would improve the DEVOPS experience when using the STDENV option in...
9 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

Need support for editing DBCS in hexadecimal in the COBOL editor

There is a limitation that the COBOL editor cannot edit DBCS members in hexadecimal https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/17.0.x?topic=editor-limitations#c_dbsupport_sosi The following editor features are not available when you edit EBCDIC...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

STO REG ALL

If we want to stop manually an IMS, we have to stop each MPP manually by entering STO REG command with the REGID or Jobname. In order to accelerate the process, is it possible to have a command : STO REG ALL like STO TRAN ALL; STOP DB ALL
3 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Under review

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding.

Enable Hex mode for components with UTF-8 encoding. Hex mode (Alt + Shift + H) works for programs with Windows-1252 encoding, but the standard encoding used in git repositories is UTF-8. In this encoding, Hex mode displays the message “Hex editing...
25 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

Add support for OTMA transaction expiration for IFP regions

IMS transaction can be defined to expire OTMA messages to prevent the use of resources for messages that are waiting too long to be processed. For transactions that run in MPP regions, there are three types of checks that IMS does to see if the tr...
12 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Under review

Add functionality to the Cobol/JCL Editors

1) The following functions are available when using the Cobol/JCL Editor however they are not accessible from the context editor when right clicking on the source. Please make these functions available in the context menu of the Cobol/JCL Editor s...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration