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Change the displays commands for the server from Modify to Display

The users that can execute displays commands are going to be able to see details of the RSED started task so metrics could be easily taken from the product without the necessity of a person with a higher power like modify commands in z/OS. These a...
about 19 hours ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer Submitted

Add some coloring background to COBOL editor

Some users asked to add some coloring into the background when opening a COBOL program when using the COBOL editor, like the isCOBOL eclipse editor (see attached screenshot). For example, for the column 1 to 6, it will be gray and green starting c...
1 day ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

Have a table showing all variables not used in a program

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of adding an array or a list that would contain all the variables not used in a program. This would make it possible to know exactly what is not currently being used in a program and to be able to mor...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown Submitted

Ability to search for a character in a specific column

Some of our developers ask for the possibility of having an easy method to search for a character in a specific column with Ctrl F and possibly make a Replace all only in a single column. The second one is useful in some language such as COBOL whe...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability Submitted

zCDP COBOL API to be executed in CICS not just in batch

Currently COBOL API in zCDP only works when executed in batch but in our environment, it is not the preferred way. Application team are currently doing this via CICS (EXEC CICS PROGRAM(<module>) and Ironstream product module is used for that...
8 days ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management Submitted

Intelligent Software Dependency Mapping and License Impact Analysis for IBM Z Software Asset Management

I propose adding an Intelligent Software Dependency Mapping and License Impact Analysis capability to IBM Z Software Asset Management to help organizations gain deeper visibility into relationships between software assets, system resources, applic...
about 6 hours ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management Submitted

Add SPURGE column to CICS Explorer Local Transaction Perspective

Would be good to view Transactions without SPURGE=YES.
about 15 hours ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer Functionality already exists

Implement internal client certificate handling in BAQCSTUB for Outbound API Requesters

Our z/OS connect instances require client certificate logins, which affects also local batches that utilize BAQCSTUB implementation. We have security requirements that different batches must utilize their own client certificates for their authoriz...
about 24 hours ago in z/OS Connect Submitted

Browser Back Refresh Attack

The back and forward buttons on the browser make use of history to display the pages that the user visited recently. The browser also keeps track of the variables that were sent as part of the request to the server for each page. The refresh featu...
2 days ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other Submitted

Request a supported mechanism to automate activation key deployment and installation in IBM Z Open Editor across enterprise-scale user populations.

When IBM Z Open Editor is used with Zowe z/OSMF profiles, advanced capabilities can only be enabled through manual import of an activation kit. For enterprise-scale deployments, a supported mechanism for automated activation kit installation is ne...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

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