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Enterprise Service Tools

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IMS "wsdl first" WebServices: Reduce size of DFSPWSH message header (i.e. @dfs_async_msg_header)

Every web service request and response contains a first segment to transfer meta data, i.e. the @dfs_async_msg_header included DFSPWSH. The size of this header is fix for every request/response and is more then 5KB, mainly because of large field d...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

EST Bottom-Up support for unbounded arrays

Generating webservices for the CICS in RDz is done by using the Enterprise Service Tools (EST) features.It supports two different approaches, top-down and bottom-up.The top-down approach is based on a constructed WSDL file and support unbounded ar...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

EST Bottom-Up support for modern webservices

Generating webservices for the CICS in RDz is currently done by using the Enterprise Service Tools (EST) features.It supports two different approaches, top-down and bottom-up.The top-down approach is based on a constructed WSDL file and supports m...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

RDz EST to support UTF8 request codepage

In Create New Service Interface, the current RDz EST client cannot support UTF-8 request code page if the corresponding copybook field is defined as PIC X
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Webservice in RDz: -INC is not recognized by the web service generator wizard

When creating a new CICS web service using the "Enterprise Service Tool" bottom-up approach, the process is based on a Cobol or PL/1 program.During the process, the program is syntax checked and any errors will stop the process. In Danske Bank we ...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Optimize code set conversion for character based PLI fields in ws converter code generated by RDz, xsebatch

PLI xml-converter generated by RDz, xsebatch suitable for IMS-SGW product interacts with SGW based on UTF-8 XML on one side. On the other side the converter interacts with IMS based on a choosable target CCSID. During the request/response handling...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Ability to compare JES output between two jobs.

The ability to compare JES output for multiple jobs would make test validation easier.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

optionally add a SOAP-header in MPP to the web service response

Use case: building IMS based web services based on wsdl first approach. With current version it's possible to pass an optional SOAP-header in the request to the MPP. Similar to the request, it should be possible to optionally pass back a SOAP-head...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Using RDz Editors, content assist does not propose the column names of the defined DB2 tables for EXEC SQL statements

In our COBOL programs using RDz LPEX Editor, Content assist does not propose column namesof our defined DB2 tables within EXEC SQL INSERT and EXEC SQL DECLARE CURSOR statements.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

Ability to compare contents of JES queue SYSYOUT with other jobs

Provide the ability to compare SYSOUT from 2 jobs. SYSOUT would include JES* generated output (JESJCL, JESMSGLG) or program generated output.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

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