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PL/I Impact Analysis

Provide full support for PL/I Impact Analysis Report (like available for COBOL)

Add Groups to any position of list - Command to be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File

Add Groups to any position of list. The Command should be added to DFHCSDUP format Export File.
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 5 Delivered

Expand LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE functions based on new optional 2nd code page argument + Add new CODEPAGE() built-in function

To translate German umlauts, French as well as other special characters between lower- and uppercase we have to code TRANSLATE instead of or in addition to, because they are not covered by the existing LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE built-in functions. S...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Make XML normalization and and cleaning built-in functions available for EBCDIC (and other code pages)

We would like to have the built-in functions for XML normalization and cleaning (XMLCLEAN, WHITESPACECOLLAPSE and WHITESPACEREPLACE) available for EBCDIC – and other code pages – without making a detour over UTF-16. This includes the replacing of ...
over 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Upgrade the IBM supplied CICS Reserved Word Table

It appears that IBM hasn't reviewed and upgraded the supplied CICS reserved word table for many releases (and versions) of COBOL. For example, OO syntax has been restricted under CICS for many versions of COBOL but the relevant words, such as INVO...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

CTL-D dumps need the RHT

CTL-D dumps needed to have RHT (record hold table ) added to then to assist in problem determination.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

SHA-2 support in CICS TS for z/OS

・ProductCICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.1・RequestSupport SHA-2 implemented in SSL used by CICS client connection. Providing it by the end of Jan-2014 is appliciated due to the customer's deployment schedule.・ReasonThe customer requires that th...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

HACP EE Host Code page support for 284 Spanish and 1140 Portuguese

This RFE applies to HACP EE.Add Code page support for Spanish 284-S and Portuguese 1140-PExample: Code point 7B should be represented using Code page ‘Spanish 284' with Ñ
almost 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered

Enhance COPY command in DFHCSDUP

This is similar to RFE 24055. Enhance the DFHCSDUP COPY command to allow copying of single resources, as can be done in CEDA.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Dataset Commander for z/OS: show all generations for a selected member

Currently showing all generations for members is all or nothing. We would like a new line command “Q” that displays a new panel showing all generations ONLY for the selected member.
over 7 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered