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Add color coding for DO's/END's in LPEX and other editors

Add the ability in the different editors to have DO's/END's color coded. First level DO/END would be one color, say red, second level DO/END would be another color, say white, etc. This would make it easier to be sure your DO's are properly termin...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Enhance Host Connection Emulator Settings

Enable critical security related fields in Host Connection Emulator as preferences that can be supported and enforced via Push to Client or enhanced installation default settings.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Port patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 from zOS for IBM i

Please port the patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 which is for zOS to IBM i, the same error exists in the sources of the IBM i hash function.
over 3 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

Identify datasets from JCL DCB

Model datasets which are present in DCB are not getting identified by ADDI. Sample - dataset name PRRG.MODEL.DSCB present in below JCL step. FVROUT0 DD DSN=&ID.&HLQ..&TLQ.NDRGVDMP.&JOBNAME(&GENOUT),DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),DCB=(PRR...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

ADDI: The AIBTDLI interface is not supported in Cobol compiler.

The AIBTDLI interface is not supported in Cobol compiler.
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

ADDI: dynamic resolution mechanism does not support SET ... TO ENTRY ... statement

dynamic resolution mechanism does not support SET ... TO ENTRY ... statement, therefore the statements like the one below are not resolved: set CBLTDLI-ProcPointer to entry CBLTDLI
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Do not invoke VPCEINIT during config refresh when no changes to UET have been done

Automatically skip the invocation of GDPS initialization exit VPCEINIT during an SA config refresh when no changes to UETs have been done.
over 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Interface Dynamic Workload Console with EJBROLE RACF profile to define roles at login.

It's now possible to login to the DWC using a RACF user, and map this user for using it in the TWS subsystem, it would be nice to have a full RACF interface by making the EJBROLE profile available to define Role in the DWC. At the moment we still ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

CICS - ICSF callable Interface to use transaction owner's userid instead of CICS region userid

We need urgently an interface to propagate the transaction user as the checked userid in CSFSERV and CSFKEYS classes .In our environment RACF access control is used for RACF classes CSFSERV and CSFKEYS for permitting technical userids to associate...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Stable p2 update site url for released Versions

We use the p2 repository to install / update our IDz installation on Windows. Since we have integrated some other plugins, including self-developed ones, we need to test new IDz versions before we can release the version to all installations. So w...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Not under consideration