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Possibility to start a rexx located on ZVM by GDPS

Since GDPS is "the captain on the ship" we have the need for a possibility that GDPS can start a (CMS) rexx script which is located on ZVM.
over 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

JES should be able to show queue number for a job

When looking into Remote System details on a Jes Job Filter a lot of information is show. However one thing is missing, and that's if a job is in the input queue, which number is it in the queue. Today developers have to logon to the tso in order ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 7 Delivered

TRIM Intrinstic function

Implement COBOL 2014 Standard TRIM intrinsic function.
about 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Delivered

Add new attributes to the TITLE option

The TITLE option of the OPEN statement supports only a subset of the attributes offered by BPXWDYN.We need support for the following extra attributes: CLOSE (free dataset on close)RELEASE (release unused space on close)RECORG(LS) (create a VSAM LS...
over 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Print the NAF database using KLS@NAF while Supersession proc is Running

Using Supersessions v2.1, I would like to print the NAF database using KLS@NAF while the Supersession proc is running. Super is writing NAF records to a sequential dataset. The KLS@NAF JCL is attempting to read the same which results in the enqueu...
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Change GDPS site table dynamic

It would be nice to have the option to change GDPS sitetable dynamic via GDPS panels, instead of going thrue System Automation policy and doing build and refresh.
almost 9 years ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

Pass JWT payload (the claims) to a service provider of all sub-systems.

We want to use OAuth and JWT Access Tokens to authenticate and identify consumers of our APIs with z/OS Connect. A previous RFE was submitted and implemented that ensured JWT token is valid (signature & expiry check) and returns HTTP status co...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

ARInvokeHandler sets the Accept to always be MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON this needs to be configurable

An external API provider uses the Accept/Content headers for versioning. We have set the zconbt property ignoreMIMETypeCheck=true which allows the ARA build to complete. However when driving the API requester we get a 406 response as zOS Connect s...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

More functionality to JES "browser" enhancements

Add more functions to the Jes browser in IDz. 1) Not able to see CPU time when using "show in table"2) We want to see the Syslog3) When looking at an sysout and hovering over a dataset it would be nice to be able to "jump" to that dataset. (clicka...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Delivered

Enhance EXPIRY processing TS-queues performance

You can use a TSMODEL to set an EXPIRY on a TS-queue.If you install such a TSMODEL in CICS, then CICS will initiate a SCAN process, that will scan main/auxilary and CF-TS-Pools for queues that has expired.This scan process will run in all cics reg...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered