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179 VOTE

Develop the functionality in File Manager to choose the encoding with a file should be downloaded to a PC through its export to desktop function

BBVA is a very important global bank with operations in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, etc. BBVA is the largest bank in Mexico, employing over one thousand of mainframe developers. These developers use IBM Developer for z for th...
over 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS Delivered
148 VOTE

Allow script execution from remote emulator in IDZ

Most 3270 emulators allow the execution of scripts and in our case we use it a lot for the execution of automatic tests, it also allows us to enter certain commands to extend the session in HOST, so we really miss having this option that we consid...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator Delivered
140 VOTE

Configuration file for P2 installations

I propose the inclusion of a configuration file for P2 installations which allows, for example: adding a z/OS connection by default which would allow me to distribute the tool to developers as an installation by Installation Manager allows. Basica...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Delivered

z/OS Connect - Java based applications as API provider

Today we use z/OS Connect to expose CICS PL1/Cobol/DB2 applications as API providers. We would like to do something similar with Java-based applications as back-end. This way, we would like to consolidate and integrate all of our APIs via z/OS Con...
3 months ago in z/OS Connect Delivered

Add sftp support to curl

We need this feature to upload dumps. At the moment it is not included: % /usr/lpp/IBM/foz/v1r1/bin/curl -Vcurl 8.13.0 (i370-ibm-openedition) libcurl/8.13.0 OpenSSL/3.4.0 zlib/1.3.1Release-Date: 2025-04-02Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher gophe...
7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS Delivered

Update the product to use SMF Exit IEFU86

The SMF Exits that this product uses (IEFU83 & IEFU84) were discontinued in our environment in favor of the updated SMF Exit IEFU86. We can't go back to the old Exits and would need the product to be updated to use the IEFU86 Exit for collecti...
over 1 year ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm Delivered

Provide a supported method to return a COBOL or PL/I program's compiled SERVCE string to the program at execution time.

This is a copy of https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/COBOLVUE-I-426 which reads: SCLM's often store company-specific information in the SERVICE string to identify not only the date and time last compiled but who last compiled it and under what project id...
4 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS Delivered
127 VOTE

Debug Tool marks real-time debugging code coverage

Is there a possibility that the debug tool in the "real time" will be show which lines have been executed or not?
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS Delivered

Allow APM Tools to Automatically Instrument .NET CTG Client for Trx Tracability

The current release of the CTG Client used for .NET applications requires us to make code changes in our applications to integrate APM tools, specifically Instana. In our environment, numerous .NET applications act as CTG clients, serving a highly...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other Delivered

Create tape datasets from Python API to ZOAU

In zOS there are two types of hardware datasets, the datasets that exist on Direct Access Devices (DISKs) and datasets that exist on TAPES. Data in datasets can be too large to be housed on DISKs, so the datasets are put on Tapes so that they don'...
about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities Delivered

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