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CICS transactionID's as program annotations

It should be possible to specify the startTransactionID, restartTransactionID and returnTransaction as program annotations instead of specifying these in builddescriptors and having these tied to program naming standards. The software should use t...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

Refine RELFC counter in z/TPFDF Data Collection

z/TPFDF data collection counters were originally designed to track the calls to specific z/TPFDF central database routines. Each of these routines had a specific task, such as obtaining a core block or releasing a record. These counts generally re...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

limit dumps when buffer is full

A method must be provided to limit dumps when the dump buffer area is getting full. A ZASER MAXOPR should be provided that is similar to ZASER MAXCTL as well. The CPSE0156I message should be updated to indicate the dump being dumped .
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Delivered

Null callback capability for PLISAX

The SAX parser should not invoke any event whose corresponding entry address in the event structure argument is equal to sysnull
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Capacity for "null" entries

PL/I should have a built-in to set (and compare) an entry variable to null (just as NULL and SYSNULL do this for pointers). This null entry shall be considered as a valid entry against any requested entry signature
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Allow user interface to submit type 2 commands thru IMS Connect

Currently the only user able to issue IMS type 2 commands through IMS Connect is the Control Center. This should be opened up to allow others to be able to issue type 2 commands.
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 4 Delivered

Unable to set Validate on XMLTRANSFORM

CEMT SET XMLTRANSFORM(...) VALIDATION, gets a normal response despite the request failing - no schema specified. This is WAD but the response should be more useful.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Develop a method of monitoring JES2 spool utilization including long term history & trending reports.

Currently there's no method to track historical data on JES2 spool utilization so clients can determon trends in utilization.
almost 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

Better Scaling of TPF Logical Record Cache

TPF Logical Record Cache while functional is inefficient at scale due to poor hashing algorithms and incorrect prime number calculations that in combination produce long synonym chains and high CPU burn when chasing them.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Delivered

Support needed for default console script and profile directories

In an effort to prevent users from looking at files on local drives (except for folders specifically allowed), it would be nice to be able to set the default folder that TOS initially goes to when you choose the menu “Load Script” or “Load Profile...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 2 Delivered

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