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Allow XPLINK Programs to Issue SQL Calls Without Switching to L8 TCB

Give XPLINK X8 and X9 TCB's the ability to perform DB2 requests without switching to L8 or L9 tasks. This would preserve XPLINK's performance benefits and avoid the overhead of task switching.In addition, there are other C++ compiler and language ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Copying a transaction in CE does not work the same as it does with CEDA

When you do a copy of a transaction definition in CE and you change the transaction it does NOT fix the REMOTE Transaction name, but doing it through CEDA does, is there a reason why?
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Delivered

Externalize Port Assignment Parameter for Omegamon Data Retrieval Agent

We would like the ability to completely control what port range all Omegamon tasks use for listening and other communication. Specifically, for the Data Retrieval Agent released with the enhanced 3270 interface, there is no parameter to control wh...
over 11 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Delivered

When I build a unit shell I need to have it associated with a profile

When opening a unix shell it should open using the level we have highlighted and should pick up the profile that is defined for that user when I am opening it on that user.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

CICS externalize to SYS1.LOGREC the PSW and Registers at time of abend.

CICS doesn't currently write out a Software Record to SYS1.LOGREC at time of Abend or Program Check. Such a Software Record would contain the PSW and Registers at time of error. Instead CICS writes that information to an internal Error Table and t...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

CAZ0 and CAZL should be coded as multiuser address spaces

CAZ0 and CAZL currently require access to all RACF-controlled datasets. Requests to create &USERID datasets should be made using RACROUTE VERIFY specifying the USERID of the requestor, not the authority of the started task itself.
over 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

More ShowInTable views

Need more than one "Show In Table" view's of source members and search-results.This would be a very useful function.
over 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Optimization of RDz Outline functionality.

In RDz the Outline View is used to get an overview of the code and its strucure and eases the navigating by click and jump functionality. This is appreciated.But in the Outline View all brancing is presented by the label/keyword 'DO'This menas tha...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

HATS 8.5 Compatibility with Integration Designer 8.0.1 product so that HATS 8.5 allows itself to be install in that studio

We are using Integration Designer 8.0.1 and currently are at HATS version 7.5. We were able to install HATS 7.5 under Integration Designer 7.5. However since upgrading to Integration Designer 8.0.1 HATS does not allow itself to be installed under ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Delivered

Implement and backout CICSVR without an IPL

Implement the upgrade version of thenew SMS interface. It supports the old version of the software or new version of the software. Then by replacing the members in linklst and then refreshing LLA, new version is implemented or backout to old version
over 11 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered