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Suport for IBM CCSID 1379 (Traditional and Simplified Chinese Characters)

There is constant request over a couple of years for this CCSID to be supported for our businesses in Hong Kong. Appreciate if you can consider adding this support as soon as possible.
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

iDz 'Real-Time Syntax Checking' has only COBOL v.5.1 option available

In iDz under the Preferences -> COBOL -> Features -> Real-Time Syntax Checking, under the 'Validate against compiler versions' it seems that Enterprise COBOL V5.1 is default and nothing else is selectable.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

configurability of RAFC group names

The RACF group names (i.a. DBBADMNS, DBBUSERS, DBBGUEST) used in DBB should be configurable so they can be changed to adhere to company name conventions. Otherwise it can be difficult to roll out DBB Version 2.
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

Modernize DFHPLT - Transition away from assembled table

Migrate DFHPLT from assembled CICS tables to a format that is more easily maintained. Typical replacement for assembled tables has been definitions in the DFHCSD, and more recently, equivalent function in the CICS Explorer. Given the simple nature...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

GDPS GUI automatically update GEODEF data set on both GDPS Control systems

GDPS GUI automatically updates GEODEF data set on both GDPS controlling systems whenever updates are made to the members.
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 10 Delivered

Add support for debugging with LangX in Cobol 6

A Cobol program compiled with the Cobol 4 compiler using the option NOTEST can be debugged using the LangX genedated from the listings. It would be very useful to enable this feature for Cobol 6 programs too.
7 months ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Increase the granularity of the SAF role-based rules for modification of the LCP Management profile

Current SAF role-based rules allow the locking down of the management profile options. We would like to entirely lock down the ability to change the retention period of a management profile once it's been created. Currently we can't do that withou...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

SMF123 V2 don't capture info about API Requesters

We tried to replace the auditInterceptor with the new auditinterceptorV2 but this does not capture information from the API Requesters , forcing us to use the auditinterceptorV2 at the global level and the auditinterceptor specifically in zosconne...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect Logging

Provide a way to log all of the key data values (headers, response time, HTTP status, etc.) to a formal logger such as z/OS logger and/or SPLUNK.
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

GDPS z/OS Proxy shutdown

Using GPDS V4.1 and V4.2 Metro with z/OS Proxy systems.Today, when shutting down multiple systems or a site thru a script, the systems are shut down in the following order 1 - stop main sysplex - parallel 2 - stop xDR managed systems - parallel 3 ...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 16 Delivered

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