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    Add support for the usage of symbolic links for USS Path

    I would like to have the ability to use symbolic links under USS Control > Process Command/Path in the System Automation Policy Database to remove the need for submitting a policy database build and configuration refresh if the path is changed.
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

    SDF Re-Sev/Re-Color of Existing Captured Message

    When using SDF as a monitoring platform, it would be beneficial to mark a captured message as "acknowledged" by changing the color of it on the screen without deleting it entirely, so that it can be followed up on or reports made later. At this ti...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

    IDz to support BMS Map Subfields.

    Need IDz to be able to support the ability to have subfields like in SDF. We have many maps today that use the subfields within SDF.
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Suspend file and Configuration refresh aborted

    With SA 4.1 and the use of a suspend file, a configuration refresh may be aborted or rejected because errors related to the suspend file. The error messages may be issued in the syslog of a remote system and the issuer of the command is not inform...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Planned for future release

    Enable JSON-Formatted Alert Delivery via INGIBRKR Using Customizable Templates

    Currently, INGIBRKR (IBM NetView Integration Broker) supports forwarding alerts and events to external systems, but lacks native support for sending alerts in structured JSON format using customizable templates. This limits integration with REST-b...
    5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Strip EXEC SQL for cursor when running from cobol source

    When rearchitecting DB2 interaction between IDz 15 & 16 one of things changed is that running an EXEC SQL declaring a cursor now requires the developer to mark the select statement in v16 while v15 behind the scene stripped out the cursor decl...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Under review

    Enhancement for IDz - Prompt to Continue before Timeout

    The IDz enhancement we are requesting is to add a new IDz client side prompt that will allow the user to elect to maintain their session with the IDz host (RSE daemon) even if the RSE idle client timeout period has been reached. This request is re...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    IDz v14.2.2 does not notification developers about code change in Git remote branch

    Customer's original request: IDz v14.2.2 is not showing any notifications in the Git perspective when there are changes on the Git Bitbucket server. This caused developers to use older version of code base. Customer has been using Sourcetree till ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

    Add user types for SHUTDOWN commands, similar to user type for STARTUP

    It is possible to alter/modify the start of an application by specifying a TYPE of STARTUP in the appropriate phase. An example of this using "WARM" as the type is shown in this KC figure: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRCJ_4.1.0/c...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

    Support for Pre-defined JSON Input in INGIBRKR

    Currently, INGIBRKR only accepts a list of strings to mitigate RCE risks. However, this restriction leads to improper handling of characters like double quotes ("), resulting in malformed Kafka messages and downstream processing issues. Enable the...
    6 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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