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Fault Analyzer : exit EQAUEDAT to fill panel

Add an option and a customized panel to have the dataset name provided by exit EQAUEDAT (or LISTING) used instead of the LISTDSN variable taken from the ISPF profile.
about 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Fault Analyzer so that XFACILIT general resource SAF checks occur first

Please enhance Fault Analyzer so that the XFACILIT SAF checks for history and dump dataset occur FIRST then if they do not provide access the DATASET SAF checks will occur.
about 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

VSAM access with RLS=NRI does not show in FA's report

When we are using Fault Analyzer to investigate a VSAM RLS open problem in batch, we found that in the the dump created by the batch the file open status shows all status(INPUT, OUTPUT & I/O) for a VSAM RLS file. After testing, we found the fa...
over 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Tool to monitor RDz Host activity

A unique place or interface to snapshot or monitor RDz activity and all involved components.
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Not under consideration

Modify Fault Analyzer to set a default View from the IDI.SIDIVIEW file

Customer would like to be able to set up a system-wide view that can be used as their default. They would like to be able to set this default view in the IDI.SIDIVIEW file.
over 13 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Limit certain JES filter specifications through configurable option

Provide the ability to limit the specification of certain JES job filters through a client configurable option, preferrably on the server such that it applies to all clients. Ideally, there is a need to limit the specification of any of the values...
almost 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

RD/z FM Interface should handle C header files

We use C code for our communications interface to our customers. We also use File Manager. FM should allow an interface with C INCLUDE header files in the same way in which Cobol INCLUDE files are handled.
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 3 Not under consideration

Find in Fault Analyzers views

When using Faault Analyzer in 3270 mode it is possible to issue the Find cammand to search for specific strings.When using the Fault Analyzer perspecive in RDz the views are lacking the Find funktion (the Find is greyed out). Enabing Find in the F...
about 16 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Feed of Mainframe Build-Results from Menu-Manager initiated REXX Build

When executing our own build by use of a Menu-Manager command (which executes a REXX on the mainframe and then submits the Build JCL/Job) we would heaviliy need a way to transfer back (i.e. integrate) the accumulated build messages into the RDz Re...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 4 Not under consideration

Inconsistencies due to case-sensitive commands

Commands issued from RDZ are case-sensitive and not intuitive. For example, after making a change to a JCL member, the sub command works in both lower and upper case. But if you try to save, save only works in lower case. When you type SAVE, you g...
over 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Not under consideration