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Require TRANSID in DB2ENTRY and automatically create DB2 transaction mappings. Eliminate manual DB2TRAN definitions to reduce duplication, administrative overhead, and DB2ENTRY/DB2TRAN conflicts.

Today, CICS requires administrators to maintain both DB2ENTRY and DB2TRAN definitions. In large environments, this frequently results in hundreds or thousands of DB2TRAN resources associated with a small number of DB2ENTRY definitions. I propose m...
5 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

Add wildcard support to CEMT DISCARD PROGRAM, allowing batch discard of autoinstalled programs (e.g. PROGRAM(ABC*) DISCARD) to simplify troubleshooting, deployments, and problem determination in large CICS environments.

Suggested safeguards: Require a minimum of three explicit characters before a wildcard. Reject commands such as: CEMT SET PROGRAM(*) DISCARD Prevent discard operations against IBM-supplied resources. Example: CEMT SET PROGRAM(DFH*) DISCARD Optiona...
5 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime Under review

Improve Remote Copybook Resolution Performance for RSEAPI Profiles in IBM Z Open Editor

IBM Z Open Editor running in VS Code exhibits a slower performance when resolving remote COBOL copybooks while using a Zowe profile configured with RSE API.  The issue is particularly noticeable when the SYSLIB section of the zapp.yaml contai...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE Submitted

Embedding gradle plugins in the Designer image

As you can see in TS022940654 we have a problem with the Designer that forces us to connect/disconnect the VPN to be able to make a buld of the project and later test the API. The problem would be avoided if the image with which the container is c...
13 days ago in z/OS Connect Under review

Wazi deploy to impersonate current SCM ids

This is needed for all uss based deployments using wazi deploy where the current SCM id holds the authority
about 5 hours ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy Submitted

zCX containers status monitoring in Omegamon e3270ui and situations

Currently we can't monitor zCX containers status in Omegamon, so don't know if containers goes for example into unhealthy state. Idea is to extract the container status from the docker ps command and show that status in Omegamon and create situati...
about 12 hours ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for z/OS Submitted

NOPWAIT parameter: add 2 additional options SR (special Resource) and Time

Currently NOPWAIT has 2 possible options: Specify YES if an operation that you are NOPing will be actually NOPed after that time dependencies and special resources, if any, are resolved. The default is NO, meaning that the operation is NOPed immed...
about 19 hours ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler Submitted

Use system symbols on ISPF Panel

Hello, It could be useful to have system symbols on configuration panel of MFA for Z. An example is for "document root" or "mfa cache name" or "mfa token name" that could change depending their sysplex, or if the lpar is moving (for ransomware tes...
about 21 hours ago in Z Multi-Factor Authentication Submitted

Provide support for ignoring first N columns

IMU should provide equivalent support for SCANCOLS parameter of CA Easytrieve engine, which allows for ignoring first N characters in each row and treating them as comments.
about 24 hours ago in IBM Migration Utility for z/OS Submitted

Default editor assignment for *.* files when LPEX editor is obsolete

Once the LPEX editor is removed from IDz, there should be a default editor assigned for *.* files (example Text Editor IBM).
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors Submitted

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