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Limiting the number of trace files in Performance Analyzer

System: z/TPF Toolkit Performance Analyzer Actor: Program developers using the Toolkit PA Description: It's possible for Performance Analyzer (PA) to run a whole heck of a lot of times if the program(s) being analyzed for a given registration entr...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Allow HLASM to run on an x86 Linux server

Currently the HLASM build only works on a Linux system running on a zSeries mainframe, this restriction means we must purchase an IFL and mainframe storage to run just one Linux server, the TPF Toolkit guest.This IFL runs on the same hardware as o...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Toolkit Custom Dataset Handler

We have a 'custom dataset handler' plugin for our TPF Toolkit at Amadeus. It reads the program and version in the object file and therefore locates the correct source file in the Folder that is given. It handles a format like below (for program ST...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Generate PA report in distributed platform

User want to download CICS SMF data to linux system and run PA report generation in linux system
over 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Provide a CICS PA Explorer plug-in visualization for performance list data which includes task association data across region

Provide a CICS PA Explorer plug-in visualization for task performance list data which includes task association and hop data to see the tasks across a set of AORs during a period of time.
over 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

CICS PA – dynamic thresholds for transaction profiling

Currently thresholds have to be set manually in order to have the CICS PA alert function to work properly. These thresholds have to be changed frequently based on changes in software levels (z/OS, CICS, application) and hardware. We need to have t...
over 11 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Data Binding for XML and JSON

The standard industry approach to handling JSON and XML payloads is to use a data binding solution (has objects that serialize and deserialize XML or JSON streams directly). Data Bindling objects are compiled from message specifications e.g. XSD f...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Memory view add monitor action

In the memory view, you can right click and choose go to address.  That action opens the address in the current memory monitor.  However, sometimes it is desirable to open the addresss in a new monitor such that the two addresses can be ...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Allow users to create macro groups

Allow the user to create their own macro groups in the macro group breakpoint dialog.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

Remote location for dumps

Allow the user to specify a remote repository (ie linux) such that TPF can FTP the dump files automatically to the TPF system. An alternative approach is to provide a dump viewer that does not require a TPF test system.
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration