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    Extend functionality of &OJOBNAME substitution also for the JCL JOB card.

    Even &OJOBNAME is correctly substituted but not in the JCL JOB card - what in our case is the biggest issue now. Suggested solution: When JCL Expert sees &OJOBNAME in the JCL JOB CARD, it should replace it with the real member name (or jus...
    7 months ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 3 Under review

    Need error (or warning) message for DSN= without DISP=.

    Details: Every DD DSN= should code a disposition (DISP=). Taking the default DISP (NEW) is never desired, and is risky. Currently, the existing JCL-checker product from another vendor detects this condition, and spits out an error message like thi...
    22 days ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Submitted

    Allow UKO to generate secure HMAC keys

    UKO Customers who would like to migrate from legacy to enhanced passtickets would benefit from using UKO to generate HMAC keys for passticket usage
    9 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Under review

    Idea is to have the current value and the threshold value in the OC8900, OC8902 or OC8903 messages when they are triggering the events.

    It will be useful to know the actual value at the time of the issue which will help everyone to understand the situation at that point of time when we have an email notification email/alert. we are expecting the values in the N/A > N/A. This wi...
    7 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Messages 1 Not under consideration

    Bulk/batch operations from the user interface

    I wih that the UKO user interface had some way to import a set of keys, instead the key by key option that is possible at the moment
    about 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Feature to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER, EXPORTEr

    We don´t have the option to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER and EXPORTER in the UKO. It would be interestig to have this feature
    11 months ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Support for Resolving BMC Control-M Scheduler Variables in JCLs within IBM JCLExpert

    Currently, IBM JCLExpert provides intelligent analysis and validation capabilities for JCLs but does not support the resolution of BMC Control-M scheduler variables embedded in JCL statements. As a result, JCLs containing Control-M substitution va...
    3 months ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Planned for future release

    Make debug variables available in TRACE DEBUG as they are available in TRACE FATAL

    Description: Extend the TRACE logging functionality to include debug variables in TRACE and DEBUG levels, similar to the existing behavior in TRACE FATAL. This will provide more detailed information during debugging and troubleshooting. Use Case: ...
    8 months ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Under review

    Support for Local JCL and PROC Validation

    Use Case: Developers need to validate JCL and PROCs locally before mainframe deployment, to find errors earlier. Proposed Solution: Introduce an option to specify a local directory/path for JCL and PROCs. Resolve PROC calls within the local direct...
    8 months ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Under review

    UKO Certificate Management

    As a Key Manager I can view and manage certificates within UKO Key Management Use Cases: Generating private/public key pairs Generating CSRs Importing certificates from a CA Distributing keys and certificates (including the chain to a root) to HPC...
    almost 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Workstation / UKO for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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