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Automatically Determine Host User ID When Connecting to a Remote System via Certificate Authentication

In z/OS Explorer, all Remote System connection types (FTP, SSH, z/OS, etc.) are by default set to the user ID of the workstation that the client is installed on. To change the Default ID for various connections a user can navigate to Windows/Prefe...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Delivered

Expand Column Width of table entries

Some views like the "Remote Monitor" View e.g. for "my jobs" consist of table columns. When a developer changes the column width and then closes and reopens the view, the column widths earlier are no longer used. The column width goes to a default...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 7 Delivered

RSEAPI via IBM Developer for z/OS : RACF Keystore

Hi... For the RSEAPI option we are testing as part of IBM Developer for z/OS, we'd like to see that RSEAPI (rseapi.env) can support the RACF KEYSTORE for security. We understand that is not currently an option.
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Delivered

Add ability to add code page as "IBM01047"

A z/os Explorer customer also uses File Manager with a Microsoft Focus plugin.The plugin does not read the code page as IBM-1047.Instead the code page has to be in this format, IBM01047.
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 6 Delivered

Display VSAM Alt Index and Path Information

Alternate index and Path VSAM file information does not appear in the RSE view. All of these show on ISPF 3.4 when search for AAA.BBB.CC*VSAM Cluster AAA.BBB.CCCData component AAA.BBB.CCC.DATAIndex component AAA.BBB.CCC.INDEXAlt index AAA.BBB.CCC....
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 6 Delivered

Addition of "Search text in file" menu option in JES Spool Editor

Please include the "Search text in file" menu option when right clicking inside the new JES Spool Editor view in IDz. This feature is available in other editors but do not currently appear in the JES Spool Editor. In the LPEX editor which used to ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Delivered

Config Remote System details view generally

In remote systems details you can config which columns you want to se. When this is done it only affects for the connected user who made those columns choises.How do I config this column field generally. I will save the workspace and use it as a t...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Delivered

Ignore case remain inactive with 'Compare with' for programs that have different sequence number AND case on the same line

When we compare programs, the button 'Ignore Case' in the toolbar has no effect in Compare editor if there are both different sequence number AND different case existing in a same line.In this case, the line displays a difference that should be el...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 6 Delivered

Add an option to the Retrieve Data Set feature to restrict search on additional qualifiers

In remote systems perspective, when we retrieve datasets in MVS files, there no option to restrict the dataset filter criteria to a particular number of qualifiers or nodes. This would be similar to unchecking the " Include Additional Qualifiers" ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Delivered

Dynamically limit the Remote Monitor view poll interval when it results in huge results sets

In the Remote Monitor view -> Retrieved jobs, check Poll Wait Inteval set to minimum, msg "Fetching children of retrieved jobs" pops up every 5 seconds in the lower right corner when the result set is huge (example, when user does not filter JE...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Delivered