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Support Reading zOS Datasets line by line

zOAU currently only supports reading zOS datasets from a given point to the end of the dataset, or the last x lines. When processing a very large dataset we need the ability to read a zOS dataset line by line to prevent memory problems. Can ZOAU b...
almost 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Delivered

Make CICS time machine tool support CICS TS 5.1

CICS time machine is a useful and simple to use tool to change date & time within a CICS region.
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Add Control-M scheduler support in IBM Application Discovery

Currently, IBM Application Discovery can only support schedulers for IWS/TWS, A-Auto & CA-7 but not Control-M. Many customers who are interested in ADDI are using Control-M. It would be great if the product can support Control-M so that custom...
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Delivered

Permit the use of % (Generical) in CP_BUSINESS_APPL Lookup table columns

It is not possible the use of % in CP_BUSINESS_APPL Lookup table columns. This is causing an error in the update of CP_CPU_WKLDA_T table, once the column "BUSINESS_APPL" in CP_CPU_WKLD_T table is updated by the code: W_BUS = VALUE(LOOKUP BUSINESS_...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 2 Delivered

ZOS Connect - No error description is returned for length validation on server for IMS APIs

If the Length of input value entered in alphanumeric field exceeds than that of length of field defined at backend/API. Z/OS Connect tool doesn't send any message onto UI, though message is logged onto Server message.Log file. This is happening fo...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Support for Cobol Copybooks with Redefine Clause

Currently most of the core banking applications on mainframe have Cobol copybooks with redefine clause. Due to product limitation this will limit exposing API's for some of the key services.
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Install the emulator directly on the target environment

ZD&T EE v12 offers only one installation method to deploy the ZD&T emulator, that is via ZD&T EE Web Tools. The installation methods should include direct and command line install in the target environment. Note that this installation ...
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Delivered

Provide consistent and complete ADDI database configuration steps.

In the current ADDI database configuration, information is all over the place and unable to provide consolidated precise steps to client DBA's. Here is some of the key improvements looking for : 1. Single page detailing databases required for all ...
11 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Delivered

SMSS regions to support the CMCI JVM server and therefore to support MFA and the aggregation function

Essentially we have standalone regions in environments that don't use CPSM. We have them setup as standalone regions and do connect to CPSM datasets to connect to CICS Explorer using DFHWBAAX version control. We need to do the transition and make ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Make job output switchable

Due to modern availability requirements of applications, more and more CICS regions have to run 24/7. The job output does dramatically increase and the amount of required JES spool space dramatically increases.Nearly every customer has this proble...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

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