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z/OS Explorer

Provisioning a preconfigured z/OS RSE connection with client certificate authentication during the z/OS Explorer P2 installation.

Deployment of an unattended P2 installation of z/OS Explorer client (Windows). Easy installation and use of z/OS Explorer, without requiring user knowledge of the target systems
17 days ago in z/OS Explorer / Client Submitted

Remote system: Send the password in the configured code page

We have users who include the characters ! or | in their passwords. We are using the IBM1147 code page (France with Euro) for the 3270 emulator and the Remote System view. The problem is that if you type ! for the password in the 3270 emulator, yo...
about 1 month ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Submitted

Add vipa support for rseapi server

Hi,With utilizing vipa, the rceapp 3270 functionality in rseapi server doesn't work correctly. Add support for RSEAPI_HOSTNAME variable, to override hostname with vipa setup as recommended in the support case.
about 1 month ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Planned for future release

Extend sysplex distributor support to RSEAPI

Request to add and validate sysplex distributor support for RSEAPI because it enables efficient workload distribution across multiple z/OS systems in a sysplex.
3 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Other Under review

Enable the RSE API to support exact (non‑wildcard) PDS member queries without requiring pagination headers.

Customers frequently need to filter or retrieve a single, exact PDS member, but the current RSE API rejects non‑wildcard member queries whenever any pagination headers are included, which prevents IBM Z Open Editor and Zowe Explorer from supportin...
3 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Under review

Implement support in RSE API to allow GDG generations to be referenced by relative index number.

As of RSE API 1.2.3 we have support for Generation Data Sets (GDS) in data set queries. A new GET command (datasets/{gdgName}/GDSList) has been added to retrieve the list of GDS names for a specific Generation Data Group (GDG). It would be useful ...
4 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Under review

Automatically escape & character in TSO commands when using the ISPF Interactive gateway

In IDz v17, executing a TSO command like TSO EXEC 'MY.SRC.REXX(HELLO)' '>&<' results in the REXX getting the arguments as ;;; For example with a REXX script like: /* REXX */ Arg arg1 say arg1 It works when the & is escape...
6 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Host Needs more information

Default/global filter expansion value

When setting up custom filters within the Remote Systems pane, it would be very convenient for there to be a setting to allow you to set the default expansion amount for new filters. Currently, all new filters have an expansion value of 50, so any...
6 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Functionality already exists

RSEAPI Add Support to Append Data to Files and Datasets

Currently there is no API to append to existing files/datasets. PUT /content and/rawContent for MVS and UNIX only replaces the contents. This idea would be to add an optional request header that lets you choose between "replace" and "append" for t...
6 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Future consideration

Member Versions should not get Deleted When Copying from PDSE to PDSEv2 in IDz

Case updated by IBM - TS020854199 26 November 2025, 09:12 AM CST - Severity 3 Case Title Member Versions Deleted When Copying from PDSE to PDSEv2 in IDz IBM Support Commented Hello Naren Thanks for opening this case. I have checked ...
6 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer Planned for future release

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