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Endevor quick edit - look alike

"Quick Edit. I am not sure how others are seeing quick edit work. Here are my thoughts. What goes on behind the covers doesn't matter. What I want to see is a stream lined process. Pulling in default values from the existing members is critical fo...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Remov the requirement to use the AMASPZAP service aid.

The HourGlass product uses the AMASPZAP service aid to provide modified product modules. This may not be possible by some clients who are restricted from using the Superzap tool.
almost 2 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

AD can automatically pick up entry point programs and populate the reports and graphs

This RFE is related to case TS011387518. I ran a program flow graph of member CLZEUAD and this member calls a few SU members. Take SUQGSM3 as an example, this source file is renamed to TUQGSM3, and in this file the entry point of SUQGSM3 is define...
almost 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect sends wrong absolute time to CICS application when a date-time string field is converted to an absolute time

The opening of this Design Change and why is it useful, who would benefit from it, how should it work can be traced back to Case TS009967551 as requested by IBM ZCCEL3 Support.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Allow requesting APIs asynchronously

Add functionality to the zOSCEE API Requester to allow requesting APIs asynchronously. The original request call should return a token. The response will need to be saved, keyed by the token, for a limited time. The later response call will pass t...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

COBOL should be able to generate multiple namespaces in XML

System: IBM z/OS 2.3Product: COBOL / XML COBOL 6.2 provides the option to generate simple XML structures with namespaces and attributes. However, the complexity of XML and its ability to transfer data across platforms requires the use of complex X...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

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almost 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editor

Recognize boolean data element in COBOL editorPlease see attached file for details
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Add report to ADDI

Would like to have ADDI generate a report that counts the number of mainframe files in the ADDI repository, only the number of individual files, NOT the number of uses, where used, how used, size, etc. As an example- file numberPO 256PS 12341DA 16...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration