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Update EQQPIFJC to support Cobol 6

Please can you upgrade module EQQPIFJC to support COBOL 6 in SYS1.SEQQSAMP.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

Additional System Policy triggers on Tranclass

Similar to the existing capability of defining system policy rules that trigger on the number of current user tasks in a Tran class, provide the ability to trigger system policy rules on the number of queued tasks in tran classes that have a purge...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Make new setting under IDz/RCE preferences for Remote Connection Emulator to be able to run from defined place instead of default AppData folder

During an exploration of new Remote Connection Emulator within iDz 15.0.5 we found that implementation of this solution is based on AppData folder, where if RCE is to be started, binary program of RCE executable (s3270 binary program) is getting l...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Delivered

Add support for named constants in JSONNAME attribute

Only string constants in JSONNAME attribute are supported for now. Please add support for named constants in JSONNAME attribute.
about 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Support variables declared from typed structures as third argument in JSON builtins

PL/I compiler doesnt support variables declared from typed structures as third argument in JSON builtins. Please add support for such declares to JSON builtins.
about 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Have CICS record in SMF what TLS level is used in TCPIP conne;ctions.

Currently there is no way to know what kind of security level a TCPIP connection to CICS used in the SMF data.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

IBMZSecurity provider should accept "safkeyring" for Java 11 a la Java 8

According to the IBM Java 11 migration guide the IBMZSecurity provider does not support "safkeyring" as was done in Java 8 but instead uses "safkeyringjce". I find this problematic as it requires changes to configuration parameters in third-party ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 7 Delivered

CICS Explorer: Present list of BATCHREP dataset members

When using the new "Batched Repository Update Job Operation" and you have entered your dataset name then if you have a zOS connection active then a list of members for that dataset could be presented. Currently I believe it saves a list of previou...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

CICS PA Database tables have to be recreated when upgrading CICS.

After discussions with a developer at Hursley I found that with each new CICS release the DB Tables in PA will have to be recreated.This will create problems when trying to compare data from a date before upgrade and after. I believe this is unacc...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

DFSSQQRY - support for the message age in # of minutes.

IMS Queue Control Facility has RFE 54740 submitted by Banco Itau.The RFE 54740 indicates that the QCF AGE parameter in # of minutes is required.QCF is currently calling DFSSQQRY FUNC=QTYPE with the value of the QCF AGE parameter set to the MSGAGE ...
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Delivered