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Add Vertical Bar to Toolkit 4.6 LPEX Editor

In TK 4.2 there is a vertical bar showing the continuation column when editing a .asm program. This is controlled from Preferences >> HLAsm Parser >> Margins (must select "Show Margins" and "Enable Margins"). TK 4.6 removes this featur...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Delivered

ADD support to access DTU setting in EQANIPSB

Region name and other parms set in DTU are currently not accessible to EQANIPSB
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

Show the length of a cobol variable or group

It would be good to find the size of a cobol working storage entry somewhere. For example in the tool tip. Or in the data elements table. Or in a new view. Sometimes it is neccessary to count the number of bytes used for a variable. This is easy f...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Support for OPORT as a key field for Summary report

A report of #Tasks at MVSID/Service Name/Tran/Remote IP/User/oport level will help us get details about the number of web requests coming via a Secured/Non-Secured CICS port along with the originating remote server. This information will be levera...
about 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Delivered

Expand REXXIMS MAPDEF Packed Decimal function

Expand the Packed Decimal length that MAPDEF can handle from 6 to 10 bytes.
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Delivered

Cross Site Request Forgery

HATS can be used to create web based applications for legacy mainframe systems. However, applications built using HATS are susceptible to Cross Site Request Forgery attack.
over 9 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 5 Delivered

Allow named Constants as Host Variables in imbedded SQL-Statements

Named constants should be allowed as "host constants/variables" in SQL statements - if they are to be used "read only".
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Support long running transactions in zAPM Connect

zAPM Connect needs to support the collection of statistics at Syncpoint intervals instead of only at the end of a unit of work or transactions.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Delivered

Enhance z/OS Connect Admin Services for CICS Service Provider

The z/OS Connect Admin services call for a CICS Service Provider only responds with the CICS Program name that was defined in the Service. I would like the CICS Tran id and Connection Reference that were specified when the Service was created to a...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

New Feature - zHyperRead

We would like a feature very similar to zHyperwrite but for reads. We would like the ability for databases to read from a PPRC secondary devices when we are in a hyperswapped scenario
about 5 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

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