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IMS SOAP Gateway functionality on Liberty Profile

Implement the SOAP interface on the Liberty Profile server, instead of native Java.ie. like the new REST interface implementation in IMS Mobile
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Only for testing purposes - do _not_reply! Thanks.

This RFE is only for testing purposes (notification doesn't work correctly). Do not replay on this RFE. Thanks.
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Seamless 64-bit Linux support for COBOL Importer

On Red Hat Linux 6.0 64-bit or newer, the COBOL importer code in IBM Integration Bus Toolkit does not work. Additional configuration is required to install RedHat libraries. Discussion with the Enterprise COBOL team reveals that this is a limitati...
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Nested WSDL for IMS SOAP Gateway

Customer needs to map, generate and deploy a callout WebService into IMS Soap Gateway.Usually he imports WSDL and COBOL copybook into RDz, do mapping, generate artefacts and finally deploy into soap gateway.Customer needs to use a WSDL that import...
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

PERFORM with WHILE phrase

A Perform While should be exactly as Perform Until except "the procedures referred to are performed while thecondition specified by the WHILE phrase is true"
over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Ask for OPEN I-O statement set the open input flag in SMF 62

We need to make statistics on how files are used on our system. For that we use SMF record 62. But when the file is open in I-O in a Cobol Program, COBOL open the File In OUTPUT only, so the flag Input Processing in field SMF62MC1 remains to NO.We...
over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Support usage of RACF for certificates

Support usage of RACF (or more generically, SAF) for certificates.
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

SOAP should write WTOs

Make SOAP Gateway enterprise ready by having error messages generate a WTO. This allows automation products, like SAOS390, to be able to take actions like trying to fix the problem or to alert a human. Similarly, any time an error has been resolve...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

SOAP Gateway logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL

All pertinent logs should be written to a DD statement in the JCL. That allows easily looking at the log associated with a particular execution of the started task. Users that want to write to a file system can still point to a filesystem while us...
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Eliminate the requirement of the converter module name and alias

Eliminate the requirement of the converter module ending in D with an alias ending in X; instead allow arbitrary program names
almost 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration