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    IBM Enterprise COBOL - Display ISPF statistics ID information in COPY/BASIS cross-references

    Hi, The COPY/BASIS cross-references display ISPF statistics for copies from PDS: creation date, modification date, and time. We would like the ISPF statistics ID information to also be included in the COPY/BASIS cross-references.--> We use this...
    about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

    REGEX Function like in PL/I

    Hi IBM, you've delivered the REGEX function in PL/I for the use of regular expressions in string searches. This would be nice in Cobol as intrinsic function too. Regards, Michael
    over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 12 Planned for future release

    Add a Descriptor and/or Route Code to DISPLAY UPON CONSOLE like in PL/I to do WTO (ASM)

    Today, the DISPLAY UPON CONSOLE statement has a default Desciptor Code of 2 and a Route Code of 3. For automated log processing, it is important to be able to specify these codes. The only way today is to call an Assembler program performing WTO. ...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

    Enterprise COBOL - Conditional compilation variables containing the names of the current Division, Section, and Paragraph

    Hi, We would like to have conditional compilation variables containing the current Division, Section, and Paragraph names at compile time: IGY-DIVISION-NAME, (force name to uppercase, default is space if before ID DIVISION) IGY-SECTION-NAME, (...
    2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Enterprise COBOL - SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph endpoint handling

    Hi, The reference documentation for the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph states that the period is optional if no clause is present in that paragraph. This implies that the period is accepted in the absence of any clause in the paragraph: SPECIAL-NAMES par...
    2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Is a defect

    the creation of an option to inhibit or manage appropriately Assignment name for environment variable

    Dynamic allocation can introduce opportunities for system vulnerability
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Make File Transfer settings more user-friendly

    Nice dayMake File Transfer settings more user-friendlyIf we use the HACPEE option, in the "Transfer options" box you have to indicate in text the transfer options, which can cause errors for obvious reasons.A form should be provided in which these...
    3 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 0 Future consideration

    COBOL DISPLAY prefixed by program-id - compile option

    If COBOL developers make DISPLAY in CICS and do not ensure that the DISPLAY-text contains a unique identifier, it can be very difficult to find the programs, that make the DISPLAYs and a lot of parallel DISPLAYs can be a serious performance proble...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Not under consideration

    Support for User-defined functions in programs utilizing SQL

    At the moment it is not possible to compile a COBOL module using "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" and EXEC SQL. This severely limits the usability of "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" in system which uses SQL/DB2 as the ...
    10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Planned for future release

    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.
    10 months ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Functionality already exists

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