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JSON support for IMS PA checkpoint report (CHECKPT)

Provide functionality for the IMS checkpoint report (DD CHECKPT), to make it possible to send output data to an analytics environment in a JSON format. This will simplify the follow up work for system administrators and also easier to find and mak...
over 1 year ago in IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Allow use of file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters.

Allow the use of both file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters. As with the API and Service Implementations, we would like to see both Global and Requestor-Specific specification capabilities.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Cobol JSON PARSE to EBCDIC

It should be possible to parse a JSON that is in ebcdic. When using JSONs as a dynamic way to store data or to send data between mainframe applications, we always have to convert the generated JSON to EBCDIC and convert it back to UTF-8 in order t...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 8 Delivered

duplicate a program in any existing projects

Useful to duplicate a program in an easy way, without having to take multiple steps to achieve the same When duplicating a program, in the Design Entity Duplication wizzard, the Design Project list only shows the current project and those undernea...
about 1 year ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Delivered

Display Return Code for each step in JES Remote Systems view

Although provided in Monitor and in Show in Table, we need to see the return code for each step in JES in RSE view.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 11 Delivered

Support multiple containers when calling a CICS program using channel

Although WOLA supports multiple containers when invoking a CICS program using a channel interface, z/OS Connect EE only supports a single channel.
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

The Start Flagging changed line in the COBOL Editor is not available

An important feature of LPEX is missing in the COBOL editor: The Start Flagging changed line is not available. We're using this functionality to automatically mark the first 6 columns of the COBOL program.We would need this functionality in the CO...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 6 Delivered

Official version of Dojo Mobile components

We want to develop mobile web applications. Currently this can only be done with a preview of the Dojo Mobile components: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en_US#/wiki/W75c8733d99bb_4d55_9ee8_4dbc8c56ebee/page/EGL...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Delivered

SMU - add INGRUN function

The INGRUN function should be part of SMU, so that the different RUNMODES can be selected.
over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 1 Delivered

Enable Monitoring for z/OS Connect OAS3 (Open API Specification 3.0) API's

All sites using using OAS3.0 api;s or planning for using OAS3.0 api's don't have support at the moment with IBM Omegamon for JVM and do need it to monitor their api's.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for JVM 1 Delivered