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Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Enhanced ROUNDING options

Submitted By: 3100012QSB #57Submitted Date: 2016-06-14, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Non-default Compiler Option to use DFP for intermediate results

Submitted By: 3100012QSB #58Submitted Date: 2016-06-15, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequences

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: xgadweiSubmitters Company: GAD eG PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PGAD0712-1523 COBOL instrinsic function to support collation sequencesHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: In...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

PHSBC0514-1695 UTF-8 encoded UNICODE support for COBOL

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: wernersadieSubmitters Company: HSBC PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PHSBC0514-1695 UTF-8 encoded UNICODE support for COBOLHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: InvestigateClose...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Create a CICS CBL statement to indicate a COBOL program is threadsafe

Create a CBL statement that can be included in the COBOL source program that indicates the program is threadsafe. At compile/linked time the compiler/linkeditor should detect this CBL statement and indicate that the load module is threadsafe. If r...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Update IBM z/OS CICS related product message manuals to include WTO route and descriptor code information.

In order to provide proactive incident notifications, enable automatic ticket creation and ensure either a human or automated operator is aware of "actionable" z/OS CICS related product events, we need to ensure that all product provided actionabl...
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Documented and Supported Interface into the CICS/TS Trace Formatting Routines

There is a need to supply a documented and supported interface into the CICS trace formatting routines. The interface will need the capability to be called either in a batch or on-line environment.
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination

Dump function to browse container data over 32KB for problem determination
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Expand the data content of the CICS DLA along with the ability to filter unwanted data.

The CICS DLA currently collects data for 17 resources and only the NAME and LABEL field for each resource. In order to support the change history use case in TADDM, all 35 or so classes needed to be collected along with the attributes of each (min...
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Running the DFHWS2LS utility to generate a requester Web Service using the Java Cache Sharing parameter generates errors:

Will this be corrected in the future (i.e., either remove Java cache sharing from CWA scripts or correct the errors sharing causes).
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Is a defect