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Cics DB2 Type 4 Support from Java

We have two Cics Regions, one PLI one Java Region. The Java Region should be transfered to a seperate new Workload LPAR. To be able to access the same DB2 without setting up DB2 Datasharing we would need DB2 Type 4 Support from Java applications r...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 7 Delivered

CICS Ability to see RACF/ACF2 Security Violations

New structures JVM Server, Liberty Angel, zOSMF, Java, and zOS Connect have been introduced to expand CICS functionality. We need the ability to be able to see the traditional RACF/ACF2 security violations in order to setup and support these new s...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Overwrite option in SAVE AS functionality

In menu " File > Save As ... ", we just want the possibility to overwrite an existing program in a PDS like in any IDE, maybe with a contextual check box.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Errors in rsecomm logs when debugger is not active

To avoid error messages in rsecomm logsit should be possible to set the debugger manager.jar as comment in the RSE configuration file: rsed.envvars:#CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$RSE_LIB/debug_miner.jar This, to avoid loading the debug manager and therefo...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 5 Delivered

Specify a custom Db2 for z/OS connection name

Currently, when a connection to a Db2 subsystem is created it only specifies the host name and LOCATION. From my experience, developers don't know the LOCATION but only the common name of the subsystem. It would be nice if developers could specify...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

enable cut and paste from properties tab in toolkit for API url and doc

from the toolkit properties pane when viewing the properties for an API/service make the URL and DOC links copyable so they can be easily pasted in another tool such as Postman
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

HOD FTP needs to support Chinese characters

FTP is widely used in Citi for transferring files and some of our users are unable to send files via HOD FTP because it does not currently support Chinese characters . This support is needed for these business to transfer their datasets.
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Delivered

Inline comment

For development and testing would it be practically if the Compiler would Support line comment not just block comment.For example // like in C or Java. But at the end the Syntax doesnt matter.An continue line Support for line comment would also be...
about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Preferred/failover config for IPIC

Provide a mechanism for having a list of preferred IPIC connections while still having an HA failover list.
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Warning Message when a commarea is bigger than 32kb

When compiling, IGYCRCTL module doesn't warns about links with commarea greater than 32 kb. It will be helpful if IGYCRCTL generates a warning when maximum size of a commarea is exceeded.
almost 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered