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    optional creation of smf89 records

    Node.js has a free of charge license, but an optional priced S&S and its usage is execution based. This optional S&S is only required when node.js is not used as supporting program for others (like zSMS). If node.js is operating as support...
    17 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 1 Under review

    Enable zIIP Usage for Node.js

    IBM is porting more and more new workload to the z/OS Plattform. Some of them (e.g. Db2ZAI, Zowe) requires the use of Node.js. Currently, Node.js is not eligable to run on zIIP. With this, the MSUs would account to the normal software costs (TFP, ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 3 Future consideration

    Possibility to install IDz v17 in z/OSMF mode

    So far only IDz EE has a ServerPac package in ShopZ to be installed with z/OSMF, so customer needs to request IDz EE licences as a workaround
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Future consideration

    MVS native dataset access (PDS, PDSE, seq)

    Many z/OS USS commands use this technique for allocating and accessing MVS native datasets (PDS, PDSE, seq): https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=zusscr-specifying-mvs-data-set-names-in-shell-environment Node.js should also have this capabi...
    8 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Future consideration

    zIIP-enable Node.js

    We've made a significant investment in Node.js, but it runs slow compared to Java and Python because it's not zIIP enabled the way those languages are (Java 100% and Python 70%). Zowe also uses Node.js, but we couldn't rewrite that in Java or Pyth...
    12 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 2 Future consideration

    Promotion of Remote Syntax Check

    We need a visibility enhancement for the Remote syntax check function in order for the developpers to see it fastly and use it more than what they are currently do.
    about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 5 Future consideration

    Need HW crypto card encryption support from node.js

    While working with State Farm, their z15 systems are all come with HW crypto card enabled. They require the encryption to go through and use HW crypto card when deploying to production system. Our product WMLz (Watson Machine Learning for z/OS) is...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Node.js 4 Future consideration

    HOLDDATA for ADF products - Support FIXCAT and ERRSYSMODS reports

    Add and update Enhanced HOLDDATA (http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html) for all ADF FMIDs.Currently, each product must be checked individually: * Explorer for z/OS - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047906#311...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Future consideration

    special non-IBM Enterprise COBOL statement

    Compile of program was successful but using RDZ it got parsing errors
    about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

    RFE of formatting support for multi-byte COBOL editor

    When I use Developer for System z, the following limitation is written. Windows>Preferences>COBOL>Editor>Formatter Indentation Tab : "Note : Indentation formatting is supported for single bytes character set source encoding only" I'd l...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

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