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Support AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications

Hello IBM, AMODE64 MQI calls from PL/I applications is currently not officially supported by IBM. However, 64-bits support already exist for C applications.Adding support for PL/I only requires simple updates to the CMQEPP copybook. Here is an exa...
1 day ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Reduce the amount of storage used by the JSONGet functions

We see high cpu from LE 'Get a stack' from build in PL/1 JSONGet functions like JsonGetValue. Please reduce the stack used storage in the JSONGet functions.
8 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow specification of constants in the VALUE clause of the DEFINE ORDINAL statement

The compiler is currently flagging the following code /* HTTP status codes */ DCL 01 HTTP_STATUS_CODE ,05 OK BIN FIXED(31) VALUE(200) ,05 CREATED BIN FIXED(31) VALUE(201) ,05 ACCEPTED BIN FIXED(31) VALUE(202) ,05 NO_CONTENT BIN FIXED(31) VALUE(203...
23 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

support for EzNoSQL in PL/I in same level as in COBOL

because if you want to use EzNoSQL in a mainly PL/I shop
5 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Enhancement to the PL/I jsonGetValue built-in function to add a selector option to jsonGetValue which would allow specifying a condition for selecting an array element. The function would then only copy those elements that satisfy the condition.

For example, given the JSON document below, it would be great to specify we only want the item with "TRAINING": "Y" copied over to the PL/I structure. JSON_DOCUMENT: { "PASSES": 3, "DATA": [ { "NAME": "Mather", "ELEVATION": 12100, "TRAINING": "Y" ...
8 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 5 Planned for future release

Add CHMOD step to jcl from "6.9. Configure the Web API Server" and "7.1. Configure the z/OSMF Plugin"

When importing the plugin, the zosmf stc user needs write/execute permission on /global/izbr/api/plugin/app to create the symbolic link from /global/zosmf/zoswfx1/data/externalapps/izbr-ui. When running jcl from "6.9. Configure the Web API Server"...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Submitted

Add JWT option to Step 6.4. Configure SSO with z/OSMF for Web API setup

This step requires to input the zosmf LTPA keys file name. IZBR/ZOSMF also supports use of JWT, but the workflow only supports use of LTPA.In "review instructions" panel that follows, it does mention "If z/OSMF is configured to use some other auth...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Submitted

Near real time backup of datasets moved by file transfert or other STCs

In mainframe production we have batchs that receive and send datasets all the day that need to have a backup done when received or just when sended in case of batch failure, human errrors or other problems that can occurs. Today iZBR allow to run ...
7 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Under review

Recovery of datasets by mask and date/time windows in the past in case of massive recovery

In case we have a massive data corruption or data lost we will have to recover the DB2 in the past and resync the batch datasets to be able to resync and restart the batch At this time we dont find a function in iZBR that allow to do that in one o...
7 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Under review

Filter possibility on the zosmf plugin Resiliency Dashboard

This dashboard is very usefull for DEVOPS personnel, in our case handling banking applications. A devops person can add a widget to it's dashboard. For Db2 tables there is a possibility to filter on Db2 subsystem name. The user now sees the statis...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Submitted