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    date format selection feasibility in PANEL : FMNPDSEL of IBM File manager

    date format on PANEL : FMNPDSEL : The date field for Created ( create time of the file) is in Julian format and we would like to have feasibility to see the create date in other formats (Eg: YYMMDD)
    8 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Search on Unicode character strings in File manager MVS

    Is it possible to change the functions of File manager MVS to allow the specification of Unicode character strings ?File Manager will convert these Unicode character strings into an internal hexadecimal character string in the File Manager templat...
    over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    IDZ Sofware Analyzer - Client Batch Mode - Link with z/OS Copybooks

    When we work with IDZ in an interactive mode (eclipse UI), we have added property groups for our projects, in order to link cobol copybooks strored on z/OS PDS (especially technical copybooks we don't need in the Workspace : SQL Messages, MQ, ...)...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

    FM/IMS Database Compare

    This Idea is for a FM/IMS function to do a formatted/synchronized database compare. The goal is to compare a database before and after it is changed, to report on what changed. This is something that is difficult to do without a utility like this,...
    6 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Support in File Manager IMS for DBD Partition Definitions

    File Manager IMS (FM/IMS) can process data stored in HALDBs (High Availability Large Databases) and DEDBs (Fast Path Data Entry Databases). For Large IMS Full Function HDAM, HIDAM and INDEX Databases we use for Partitioning the BMC PDF tool (DBD P...
    over 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

    Add support for VSAMDB

    suggest the following enhancements on file manager for vsamdb access 1) list # of JSON records 2) with search filters based on key values 3) both ispf panel and batch interface 4) add and delete JSON records
    6 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Store outputs of the software analyzer in individual files

    At the moment the output of all runs is stored in a single file. In the future, we would like the run of every programm anaylized stored in an individual file (XML, JUnit, ...).
    over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Future consideration

    Improve and expand batch Software Analyzer functionality in IDz (z/os Explorer Extension)

    Improve generated reports and outputs from IDz's batch Software Analyzer.Currently, the report that is generated from a batch run is 0 bytes and contains no details.The other files are included in the zip but are xml and hard to analyze.
    about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

    FIND with multiple arguments should also be workable in VIEW / EDIT of File manager.

    we came to know that FIND with multiple arguments (eg: FIND 'ARLI' or 'ARTI') will only work in 3.6 (Find/change utility -- FM FCH).These commands should also work in normal view / edit (1 & 2 options in File manager)
    7 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Improve FIND command to also work on partial match for numeric fields (Decimal fix, PIC)

    FIND is not working for partial matches on numeric stringsWith out partial match on numeric fields., we always need to rely on templates which is time consuming
    7 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

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