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    Add columns to KPM CICS table

    Add the following columns to KPMC_MON_TRAN_H (as in CICS_TRANSACTION_H) :- BMS_REQUESTS_TOTAL to quickly identify 3270 transactions- SYNCPOINT_REQUESTS- RESPONSE_MAX_SEC and CPU_MAX_SEC to identify a possible anomaly during the interval (the peaks...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

    COMMIT frequency in PURGE

    Include an COMMIT frequency parameter in PURGE command. We have large tablespaces and an huge retetion (6 months to 2 years depending of the table). When the PURGE execute the job takes more or less 5 hours, causing the resources get locked and ti...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

    Faster navigate to main nodes (like MVS, z/OS UNIX files, JES)

    The tree in the remote systems view can get very big very fast if I have many entries in the main nodes (like MVS, z/OS UNIX files, JES ...). This means I may have to scroll a long time to get to a main node. I can use some key combinations like c...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

    TDS SMF105

    It would be really nice if TDS included SMF105. TDS is a powerful performance reporting tool, which customers have used to improve their reporting capabilities. SMF105 is important for customer with GDPS/GM environments.
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1

    Provide 'Open with...' functionality for spool files

    Output files of jobs in JES should also provide an 'Open with...' function for selection other editors than default.This issue results out of PMR TS002915303 (see entry 3 Nov 2020 10:49 PM).
    about 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

    Drop & recreate DB2 views only when tables change

    Currently the DB2 views are dropped and recreated each time a component is re-installed. Doing so removes security every time an install job is executed. This incentivizes us to update less often because we have to open requests to security to gra...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Planned for future release

    Filter Pool - Rename function for "technical/special" filters

    Hi, the IDz automatically generates "special filters" in the filter pool view with a technical name: CN-Connection-Name-xxxx (See attachment). Which says nothing and does not look pretty. Since I can't delete them (they are automatically generated...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

    Add shortcut keys to Open, browse, view

    We ask our users to not open a dataset in edit mode if not needed. On ISPF days it was always the same effort to open a dataset in browse, view or edit. In Remote Systems view, double click opens in edit, but to open in browse or view it needs rig...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Not under consideration

    Support for exporting Eclipse network proxy/timeout settings through Push-To-Client

    I am opening this enhancement request on behalf of the customer who is requesting "Support for exporting Eclipse network proxy/timeout settings through Push-To-Client". For the network connection settings, the preferences can be found under: Gener...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

    allowing sorting of members in MVS DataSets

    Sorting members in DataSets is very useful - for example sorting by change date to see recently changed members. The current state makes navigation a lot more difficult.
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

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