Skip to Main Content
IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

Clear

Ideas

Showing 389 of 9166

Ability to Add New Application Level User Field to Existing AD in Workload Scheduler

Description:Currently, when using the ADUSF option, IBM Workload Scheduler creates a new Application Description (AD) with the same name instead of adding the User Field to the existing AD. Additionally, ADUSF requires attaching the user field to ...
2 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Produce message for NOT STARTED ALERT (EQQE150) even if NOT STARTED ACTION is coded at the same time

The NOT STARTED ALERT message EQQE150 is currently not produced if the NOT STARTED ACTION is coded at the same time. Some users want to be notified when the NOT STARTED ACTION is performed, hence the interest in having a specific message produced ...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Restart/Cleanup functionality with Stepreschk (YES) to allow more flexibility at step Restart, similiar to Stepreschk(no) with allowing DDNEVER functions

It aligns to competitive products that a client might be using today and provides them with the ability to manage the restart steps they decide to choose without the need to replace their current JCL.
7 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

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.
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 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...
21 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted
161 VOTE

TWS High Availability

We are working with high availability in the customer's datacenter, so tests were done with TWS simulating an lpar outage where TWS was active in a sysplex. The standby controller takes over work correctly for new jobs that are submitted, but jobs...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Requirement to have more variables in EQQEMAIL Member - Occurrence Input Arrival Time

We need an extension in the function „Sending an email when an alert condition occurs " https://help.hcl-Software.com/workloadautomation/v101/zos/src_man/eqqr1sendemail.html In the EQQEMAIL Member, various variables can be used here. Currently I o...
5 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

allow DBOPT password to be 25 characters in length

Using 25 character passwords is a new requirement for Bank of America.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

EQQM99* as an I not E level

EQQM99* messages appear when there changes done with reapply after the switch of CP. Majority of the messages are harmless and it is worth considering them as information level not an error as it can lead to confusions related to the system malfun...
28 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Needs more information

New Controller Parameter that specifies in minutes how long an operation waits to start before a late alert message is generated.

We would like to be able to hard code a time in minutes that would designate how long an operation waits to start .. based on planned start time .. before a late alert message is generated. Deadlines and durations are not precise enough to allow a...
29 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration