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    RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only

    RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only and not by type-based order like when listing a mix of non-migrated and migrated (DFSMShsm HMIGRATE) datasets. This is currently by design. No doubt, if ...
    about 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

    Enterprise COBOL - Introduce equivalent of conditional compilation in management of compilation options in SYSOPTF

    Hi, Managing compilation options can be complex due to the multiplicity of contexts: batch, cics, db2, static call, dynamic call, etc. This complexity is increased when several versions of the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler must coexist with opt...
    about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 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

    IDz tool. Enterprise Service Tools.New Web Services for CICS Project wizard. Import Source Files. Remote... Browse For File in MVS Files.. Select a File window.

    Currently when using this wizard and on this window ALL copybooks with a copybook library are displayed for selection. Please change the Browse For File window to use the same "Short List of elements" functionality like in the regular Remote Syste...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer 1 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

    Add MFA support to z/OS FTP Perspective

    The z/OS Explorer's z/OS perspective for FTP connections should be enhanced to support MFA authentication. Currently, it only supports userID + password authentication.
    over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 1 Not under consideration

    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

    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

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