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IBM Z NetView

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Add Active User Session Timeout Options

Alongside the existing idleoff options, adding active user session timeout options would allow system programmers and administrators to better tailor their NetView environments for their organizations access/security standards. Many organizations ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

NetView : Allow site-customizable default CANZLOG filters for CNMKCZLG panel

Provide the capability for sites to cusomize the default filters of the Z Netview CANZLOG panel CNMKCZLG. The NetView command CANZLOG panel CNMKCZLG provides default filters of: To: [current date & time] For: 1D 0H 0M If the user wants recent ...
2 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Provide a way of displaying pending ENDCMDs from PIPE KEEPs

When using e.g. PIPE LIT // | KEEP GLOBAL /GDATEST/ 5000 ENDCMD /DATE/ Whilst the KEEP is not expired, we can view it via QRYKEEP command QRYKEEP GLOBAL BNH560I KEEP Status for DSIGKPMT. Keep Number of Total TimeOut Keep ID Class Messages Sto...
4 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Ability to specify CZ.PRINT.PREFIX data on the Print command

Currently the format of the Print function is governed by the CNMSTYLE entry of CZ.PRINT.PREFIX which means if you want to alter the format of the output you would need to alter this entry then do a restyle and perform your print. Then go back in ...
5 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Automan must reinstate disabled statements/blocks when a report is generated to display these disabled statement

Because it is not necessary to create a listing each time an automation table is reloaded, the option to not createa listing is useful and prevent any problem with the DSILIST dataset being full. System Automation provides such option with the AOF...
5 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Add native support to Netview for running Python scripts in addition to REXX

With the current focus from IBM/zOS on advancing capabilities and adoption of modern programming languages on the Mainframe it would be nice to see native capabilities added to Netview to execute Python scripts in addition to REXX. While REXX is a...
6 months ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

Update GETPW to support PASS Phrase

As we migrate away from password and to Pass Phrase, it would be a requirement that IBM support Pass Phrase for the NETVIEW GETPW function.
7 months ago in IBM Z NetView 2 Future consideration

Extend CZFORMAT to include most fields available in the CANZLOG filter

This would be beneficial when using filtering with CANZLOG, exposing a filtered field for quick analysis. Similar to the available fields, Date, Time, Source, MType, Origin, both the DEFAULTS and OVERRIDE command would accept the eligible, desired...
7 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Remove READSEC / WRITESEC and have NetView use RACF DATASET instead

NetView is incapable of accessing the RACF DATASET profiles so when reading a dataset from NetView it checks only the READSEC and WRITESEC access before reading/writing to datasets. This seems unnecessary and means that we have to duplicate our al...
9 months ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

ASID needed as condition item in IF-THEN statement

With the IF-THEN statement we often process messages that are intercepted by NetView Automation. To evaluate the message, there are several condition items available. However, if a specific task that has been started several times under the same j...
10 months ago in IBM Z NetView 4 Future consideration