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Show REXX resource consumption

Similar to the languages already supported by Application Performance Analyzer - COBOL, Assembler, PL/I, C/C++, JAVA on z, and Natural - also support the REXX language
about 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

RSE idle timeout for edit and browse file as separate configuration (not as common config)

Hello, Recently we have changed the idle session time out to 15 minutes in IBM explorer for z/OS(RSED AQUA), this had resulted in problem for certain developers and analysts as it frequently timeout when they switch back and forth between IDE and ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

Add intercept of IMS AERTDLI calls

Add intercept of IMS AERTDLI calls. See case TS013086777. Thanks
over 2 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Improving sampling of already active JITCM

Functionality right now is incomplete
almost 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

support for MQ Queue Sharing goup name to APA

without this support all MQ reports in APA are empty
almost 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Count number of calls of csects/subroutine/entry point

It's important to know how often a csect / subroutine / entry point is called so that you can differenciate if you spend a long time in a single csect / subroutine / entry point or visited several times.
about 12 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Add an option to allow APA to identify areas in foreign address spaces

In our shop, IMS and CICS run as JOBs, as opposed to Started tasks, and when capturing APAs for IMS Dependent Regions, areas that are in the IMS CTL or DLISAS cannot be identified by APA, showing as "Unresolved Addresses". Add a customizable optio...
about 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Improve DWARF support in APA

When compiling the reports, keep the DWARF portion of the program object with them, to allow viewing the source listing even after a program has been recompiled and its PO overwritten.
over 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Extend JMON for performance configuration

Depending on how a user set up his JES filter there could be a huge cpu usage seen for JMON started task. Think of a JES filter all values set to '*' and / or a regular refresh every 5 seconds.There should be configuration options to reduce perfor...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

Extending Java support on Linux on z (or other platforms)

Is there any plan in the roadmap to extend Java support on Linux on z (or other platforms)?
about 5 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration