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Allow script execution from remote emulator in IDZ

Most 3270 emulators allow the execution of scripts and in our case we use it a lot for the execution of automatic tests, it also allows us to enter certain commands to extend the session in HOST, so we really miss having this option that we consid...
13 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 9 Submitted

Support debugging specific steps inside a PROC

Given the "Debug as" feature, the debug configuration fails to detect inherited steps when the JCL under test uses a PROC. Only the steps in the main JCL are provided for selection. I suggest to analyse or pre-process the JCL by the debug launch c...
7 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Debugger 0 Submitted

ROUTOPS PROXY support for Remote Workstations on IWA/d

When setting up a remote workstation on IWS/z, where the agent is on IWS/d in Kubernetes, it is often front ended by a Kubernetes Ingress. This restricts the number of open ports to communicate with applications within the containerised world. Thi...
4 days ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted

Add MacOS support for locally installed client

We need MacOS support for the HoD locally installed client as part of our mainframe community work with MacOS.
about 7 hours ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 0 Submitted

We need to change Component Version Status on deploy, but do not allow user to change it

We want each component version to be deployed to all environments: DEV, INT, AUS, PRO. Therefore, users cannot deploy to INT if the version was not previously deployed to DEV. To do that we use the version status. After deployment to DEV, we add a...
6 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Submitted

Allow parallel installation of Python FMIDs

Currently, every new Python version ist delivered with ++DELETEs for the older Pyhton FMID. A complete migration of everything is sometimes very difficult, as some packages from IBM Pythin AI Toolkit or pypi may don't work together with the new ve...
6 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Submitted

Sample SCLM RAM need to handle SCLM type extensions

Why it is useful? - The current sample SCLM RAM does not work with type extension and to make it work, a lot of customizations are required for the repository access manager in order to connect to SCLM from IDz. If this change is implemented, the ...
about 3 hours ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 0 Submitted

Support multiple sysplex configuration files with zBuilder

We have a need to manage configurations files for multiple sysplexes. For example, dataset names stored with the Languages.yaml file differ from one sysplex to another.
about 7 hours ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Submitted

As an IMS systems programmer, I want the ability to make messages sent by IMS back to the client (e.g. DFS3688I) visible to operators and automation on z/OS.

Actually, to have an alerting when a transaction reaches his expire time we have, in the OTMA client descriptor (DFSYDTx), activated the parameter TODUMP with the option YES This solution is no longer efficient because when the issue arises our MP...
about 7 hours ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / Product functionality 0 Submitted

Support finding lower-case copybooks from USS directories

When compiling COBOL programs using the cob2 command in USS it is likely that the copybooks also reside in USS (because they are cloned from Git, for example). The current implementation only supports finding upper-case copybooks. It is, however, ...
7 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

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