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Support IzWS virtual workstations in SAO

The workstation-sao-api should support modifying IzWS virtual workstations as well. Currently, only computer automatic workstations are supported. Using virtual workstations however is state of the art for IzWS installations and thus should be sup...
1 day ago in IBM Z System Automation Submitted

Enhance DBB User Build to wait for COBOL language server readiness after VS Code reload

Scenario After launching (or relaunching) VS Code, we open a simple “Hello World” COBOL batch program in IBM Z Open Editor. If we run DBB user build (or run DBB user build with full upload) immediately, the build aborts with the error below. If we...
1 day ago in Dependency Based Build Submitted

Bidirectional Hebrew support for z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3.0

At the moment bidirectional (BIDI) Hebrew support is only available for CICS API providers running in z/OS Connect OpenAPI 2.There is a critical need of BIDI support for (CICS) API providers and requesters in z/OS Connect OpenAPI 3.0, as otherwise...
about 9 hours ago in z/OS Connect Submitted

Managing Input and Output of an Assembler Program Called from a COBOL

We would like to see the STUB inputs and outputs be modifiable (or at least legible for outputs) in the case of unit tests on a COBOL program, when it calls a program written in the Assembler. We've had several demonstrations of the product, and t...
7 days ago in Test Accelerator for Z / Early Development Testing Submitted

There is a requirement for both monthly or comparing two different days to understand which CEC, LPAR or Service Class workloads is driving the increased or decreased CPU, MIPS or MSU consumption

Why is it useful? Currently we manually program & report two different periods to understand which detailed level of workload is driving the increase or decrease that takes time. Intellimagic having this very important, common and repeatable ...
about 20 hours ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted

Capture QJSTCDDS for CDDS

  Capture  QJSTCDDS                    TOTAL NUMBER OF CDDS ACCESS REQUESTSto measure CPU saving   on  CDDS  -DB2 
1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS Submitted

Support IBM MQ Service Provider in z/OS Connect V3.0 (OpenAPI 3.0)

Currently, z/OS Connect V3.0 supports OpenAPI 3.0, but it lacks the native IBM MQ Service Provider that was available in z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V2.0 (OpenAPI 2.0). Many enterprise sites rely heavily on z/OS Connect to expose mainframe MQ-...
1 day ago in z/OS Connect Submitted

There should be in the documentation some express warnings of the consequences of Mandatory policy profiles that alter access when creating profiles in various ways, as this over-zealous profile caused a severe outage.

Command verifier Mandatory policy profile for UACC~ We have a profile C4R.*.=UACC.** with APPLDATA NONE, This forces a UACC(NONE) for new profiles. it also A 'RDEFINE Class(C) B from A' imposes a UACC(NONE) rather than purely copying the A profile...
2 days ago in zSecure / zSecure Command Verifier Submitted

Options to Filter Reports Depending on Return Code and/or Permanent Status

Hello IBM, We need a function that would allow us the option to filter the results of the searched report(s) by: Exception (if the job resulted in an RC ≠ 0) Non-Exception (job resulted in RC = 0) Permanent (reports that are retained indefinitely)...
2 days ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS Under review

Quantum Discovery Lab (QDL) is an AI-powered platform that combines artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and molecular simulation to discover and prioritize new drug candidates faster and more efficiently.

Quantum Discovery Lab (QDL) is a proposed AI and quantum-computing platform designed to accelerate drug discovery by combining artificial intelligence, molecular simulation, classical high-performance computing, and quantum algorithms. QDL would h...
2 days ago in IBM Shopz Submitted

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