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IMS DB metrics support for anomaly detection

Add IMS DB metrics in Concert for Z, for anomaly detection using Machine Learning techniques
19 days ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Concert for Z KPI for IMS

Would you add the following KPIs for IMS?Our customer is thinking to use IBM Concert for Z to detect the anomaly about the folloiwngs Response time for each IMS transaction Usage of buffer pool for each ones; DB buffer, PSB/DMB pool, DFSPOOL, ...
22 days ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

IBM Concert for Z Japanese panel support

Our customers want to have Japanese panels, such as report title, description, expert advice and help. Especially expert advice function is approved by many customers when they see the demo and they are also disappointed it is just in English only...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Please add the batch program to send SMP/E information to IBM Concert for Z

Our customer wants to collect SMP/E information using the batch job to use IBM Concert for Z in the separate system from the target z/OS.
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Under review

Please add the APAR list on APAR Management of IBM Concert for Z

Our customers want to have the panel for the followings. (1) HOLD Action description for the specific APAR (2) APAR lists which is required to apply by each LPAR To follow their current operation for APAR Management, they need these functions in a...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Concert for Z 0 Planned for future release

With IDz EST SOAP, allow Copy Books to be added from level >1 and allow Request/Response from different copybooks

With IDz Enterprise Service Tools SOAP bottom up method, allow the Copy Books to be "started" from level >1. Allow different copybooks to be used for Request and Response. This is the primary problem, but there were a few other limitations the ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Automation to export WebServices Project and import into a new workspace

Users would like to be able to copy WebServices Project from one workspace to another including the configuration without having to manually regenerate the project.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

Need IDz Web service custom converter to support array truncation

CICS Web service assistant DFHLS2WS has this new option TRUNCATE-NULL-ARRAYS. IDz supports it too but only for CICS bottom-up Web service projects with interpretive XML conversion type.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

RDz LPEX ISPF Editor SORT priority alpha vs numeric order incorrectly sorts numeric first

Rational Developer for System z LPEX ISPF Editor SORT priority alpha vs numeric order incorrectly sorts numeric first Input:5 2 alternate8 0 binaryZ 0 cola8 0 decimal3 2 entrylevel5 1 flash6 0 grafics2 0 helium3 1 integer5 3 joinme Boundary 1 100S...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

RDz integration with OS Connect EE service archive generator and API editor

Provide integration with the z/OS Connect EE service archive generator similar to that provided by the CICS JSON services wizard of Enterprise Service Tools. This integration will facilitate the selection of input language structures and service p...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration