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Improve error message for AC2249 system dump

The error message that comes out for system dump AC2249 is very non-descriptive. It has to do with synchpoints. It would be nice if the message told us which subsystem CICS was commnicating with when the synchpoint failed.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Stealth mode for 'VSM DEF ***POOL &VIRTTR** DEFER' in the pnls member KLHGBL

Please create a stealth mode for the command to define virtual terminals because the messages cause the TLVLOG to be extremely large. Over 2 million lines a day.
about 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Expand new REGEX (regular expression) built-in function to support extended metacharacters

We would like to have the extended metacharacters supported via the new REGEX (regular expression) built-in function. This request bases on the RFE 112083 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=112083
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Users need the capability to edit/customize CARMA Endevor "batch action" jobs prior to them being submitted.

I currently have 2 customers that have separate needs to modify RDz CARMA Endevor "batch action" jobs prior to them being submitted and running. In one case, customer needs to modify the jobcard because each user specifies different "accounting in...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 5 Delivered

Allow customization/addition of columns in Observation List

I would like to see other columns from the Session profile in the observation list. Duration, #samples, CPU active samples, system ID. Both in the ISPF and Eclipse based GUI.
over 9 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Delivered

Display multiple parts of STP environment

On panel VPCPSPM1 GDPS currently Displays the CTS would be nice if it conveyed the Current CTS PTS BTS and ARB .
over 5 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

Getting transaction rate in per second value

Hi Team, Recently, we have upgraded Omegamon/CICS from v5.3 to v5.5 and the change we are looking is, Transaction rate has been changed from per second to per minute. Is it possible to give users an option if they want the transaction rate report ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Delivered

Reference to individual array member in the mapper

z/OS Connect API Toolkit~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Require the ability to convert an OCCURS table to individual fields in a Service so that each occurrence of a field can be individually included, named, and referenced from the using API. For example, we ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Add mask possibility other than '*' to the connection details of the TPF debugger. Example of mask: 172.*.*.*

Since Covid many off use started working from home including the use of the TPF debugger. However, at home you have more than 1 IP address and we know you can supply the IP address in the advanced option of the debug session.But every day we log o...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

ZUnit: Testing file I/O by specifying only a data set name

For a test of file I/O with large files (approx. 1 million entries/lines), the specification of the dataset name in the case editor is possible. The file contents are not transferred to the test case editor to avoid a heap space of the IDE.For the...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Delivered