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New 32 byte TIMESTAMP element format

DB2 allows a timestamp value of up to 12 digits following the decimal point for higher precision in timestamps. RPP currently has a data element format TS which generates as a PIC X(26) based on a 6-digit fractional second portion of the DB2 times...
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered

EGL debugger: improvement for variable content tracking

Version 7.0.1 adds a "find facility" to the variables view in debug mode. But retrieving the content of a variable still is not comfortable for the developer.He still needs the fully qualified variable name to get the desired information. Programs...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Delivered

Support section stack frames in IDz v14.1 and z/OS debugger 14.1

The current a limitation in standard mode debug engine can represent a paragraph as a stack frame in visual debugging, but it cannot represent a section as a stack frame. We need IDz v14.1 and z/OS debugger to support section stack frames in visua...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

change DBMDT so no localhost definition are needed

the current LOCATHOST setup needed for DBM / DBMDT can cause problems with other domains
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Delivered

CEDF support on IPIC connections

IPIC connections to support CEDF
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Ajout d'un bouton "Générer le code" dans la fiche de définition d'un programme

Dans la vue "Explorateur de design" quand le nombre d'entit? est trop cons?quent (> 5000), par d?fault l'explorateur n'affiche que les 5000 premiers ?l?ments. Si on ouvre une entit? programme ne se trouvant pas dans l'arborescence, le seul moye...
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

HATS to strip blanks from end of extracted fields

Give the HATS macro editor the ability to designate specific fields that would have blanks stripped from the end of fields. For example macro variables that extract numeric data would strip off the blanks on left side of the data, so that only the...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Delivered

Extend XPCT TRANSACTION security checking to EXEC CICS INQUIRE/SET TASK

CICS provides COMMAND security through XCMD and transaction resource security through XPCT. With XCMD, EXEC CICS SET TASK and EXEC CICS INQUIRE TASK can be permitted or denied based on External Security Manager profiles. With XPCT, a given transac...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Provide detailed descriptions of all AD Reports

Provide detailed descriptions of all AD Reports either as part of the documentation or in help files. This should also be part of the training.

Omegamon display DNS names for DVIPA Support not only ip adresses

DVIPA Support in IBM Z Omegamon Network Monitor is introduced in E3270UI with following ptfs UJ05934, UJ05935, UJ05657 and UJ05701. Only Ip-adresses are displayed, but DNS names are also needed. The BMC Mainview competing product has been displayi...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Networks 0 Delivered