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    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.
    4 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Submitted

    Omegamon USS metrics without root privileges

    The Omegamon TEMS STC requires USS root privileges to gather z/OS UNIX metrics.Giving root privileges to any service is an unnecessary security risk.To solve this security issue, Omegamon could use UNIXPRIV or another form of security delegation t...
    2 months ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    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

    zSCC - SSO integration with OIDC

    Avoid the need to have LDAP or local user and offer SSO capabilities via OIDC to authenticate via an external identity provider (IdP) and potentially get MFA required by that IdP
    3 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 0 Submitted

    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

    provide linkage between CIS safeguard and zSCC control for better traceability

    LoB users and auditors are typically familiar with the regulation side i.e. looking from that perspective. They are interested in seeing / tracing the mapping towards the zSCC goals. Currently for the CIS profiles zSCC provides linkage to the corr...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 1 Submitted

    LDAP group-based role assignments for zSCC

    Currently, zSCC supports role assignments at the individual user level only; LDAP group-based role assignments are not supported. This leads to additional administrative burden as access management cannot be centralized. It would be desirable to s...
    8 months ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 2 Submitted

    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

    z/OS Naming Standard customizability

    Many clients have their own naming standards ... examples : (1) During a Predefined Scan z/OSMF issues the following operator commands: D T D CN,EMCS,F,CN=xxxxx Where xxxx is the userid defined in zSSC for z/OSMF. D OMVS,O F CKCS1154,DISPLAY If th...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Security and Compliance Center 2 Future consideration

    Reduce the repetitive definitions required to specify port pools.

    Currently, transport pools are defined by each type of agent Kpp_X_KDE_TRANSPORT_POOL_OPTIONS. This wastes the admin's time by having to specify the parameter for each agent. Additionally it increases the chance for errors by requiring the pool to...
    3 months ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 0 Under review

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