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Remove ACTIVE JOBS filter under JES

Due to active jobs filter as it is driving extremely high CPU on the Host system and slowing down the Development environment for everyone. We want to remove that option while packaging the IDZ.
5 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

Provide an option in IDz to reveal the password as it is being typed into the password field

RACF passphrases can now be longer than 8 characters - it is possible to define passwords with 100 characters. Those passwords are difficult to remember and it would be nice to have a feature to make the password visible when it is inserted in the...
7 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

JES Filter Strings - combine variable &USERID with a constant

The filter string for JES is already support the variable &USERID . Unfortunately I can not combine this variable with a constant. Example: my user id is FRED. If I now want to filter all jobs with the job name FREDX this does not work. &am...
10 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

Open a new zOS Unix shell on double-click action.

The z/OS UNIX Shell in the Remote Systems View can only be launched by selecting the submenu item "Launch Shell". For better use it would be adventagious if this could be accomplished with a simple double click.
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 2 Delivered

Automatically Determine Host User ID When Connecting to a Remote System via Certificate Authentication

In z/OS Explorer, all Remote System connection types (FTP, SSH, z/OS, etc.) are by default set to the user ID of the workstation that the client is installed on. To change the Default ID for various connections a user can navigate to Windows/Prefe...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Delivered

Db2 - SQL Result / customize or remove resource column

I execute a SQL via Cobol-Member => Context Menu => Db2 for z/OS => Run SQL => so far ok. The result in the Remote System Details always shows me the Resource column => This column is always there. I can't take it out via the Custo...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 4 Delivered

Delete jobs - confirmation dialog "You are not the owner of ..." should appear only once

Hello, I have the following problem when I want to delete jobs whose owner I am not. Remote Systems View => JESI select a lot of jobs and execute delete. A first confirmation dialog appears "delete selected resources" => see delete_jobs_1.jp...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 3 Delivered

Set open mode by filter configuration

We ask our users to not open a dataset in edit mode if not needed. Preferences allow to change the default open mode to browse or view, which often is unhandy in some situations. The same option on a per filter basis would be much more comfortable...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Delivered

Setup warning message how long after password is going to expire in IDz similar to 3270 emulator .

Currently IDz not showing warning message of password is going to expire before few days so user can change password before it gets expire. Mainframe 3270 emulator shows warning message before few days that password is about to expire and do chang...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / All components 3 Delivered

Receive an error message when trying to open a file in a manner that isn't allowed based on the file type.

Currently if I try to double click on a vsam file in remote systems explorer, nothing happens. If a developer is unfamiliar with the fact that you cannot open a vsam in this manner in idz, they might be confused and continue to double click not kn...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

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