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Provide ability to Include/Exclude/OMIT zOS Conn LIST report.

CICS PA zOS Connect LIST report helps to format individual records as such. Currently it reports 40+ Fields. Can we be provided with option to OMIT fields that we dont want in the report. Can we be provided with Filter option to INCLUDE / EXCLUE r...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

PCOMM support display EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 Chinese Character

in case# TS002613682, PCOMM is not able to render Chinese character which EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 due to its implementation using an old method of converting host chars to Chinese GBK before rendering on the screen.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

Rational Business Developer dependency analyze Tool

Client has large EGL project need to analyze its dependency, the need RBD to add a tool to read RBD temp file like *dg.
about 4 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

FM Db2 - Retrieval of uppercase object names not working in editor option

In current file manager version 14.1 it is impossible to select Db2 objects that was defined as uppercase in the catalog. For eg; if table DB2X.TBLNNN is defined as uppercase in catalog the same can't be retrieved in the FM - db2 editor options wh...
about 1 year ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

TADZ Reports - New column showing product version and release based on the last GKB loaded

Can the reports be updated with adding an extra column to show the latest version and release of products registered in the lastest GKB loaded. By adding this column would add value because analyst can review and assess how far off products are fr...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

HOD FTP need the ability to connect to FTP/S server with Implicit TLS (No AUTH TLS command)

Currently the HOD FTP client is only able to connect to a server that is configured for Explicit TLS (AUTH TLS) which starts with a non-secure connection then converts to a secure connection. Our site has a restriction that there should not be non...
about 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

Personal Communication iASP enable for file Transfer

Enable to access iASP when using File transfer(Send & Receive) option within Personal Communication. I also open TS006404568
about 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Single Sign On with Open ID Connect in HACP EE

HACP EE is a web application which offers a zero foot print host accessFor customers who want to access HACP EE using single sign on should be able to do so using OIDC or Open Id Connect. It is a modern standard for exchanging authenticated end us...
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

DSECT should be documented in COBOL

Serviceability
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Enhance GETSYSWORD - USERID

USERID (Batch job submitter's User ID)USERNAME (Batch job submitter's User Name)
about 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Planned for future release