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IBM Enterprise COBOL - Add a report of lines impacted by the REPLACE compiler directive

Hi, The REPLACE compiler directive allows replacements of COBOL source text, a priori after processing the COPY directives: from the point where it is declared until the end of the source code, or until the REPLACE OFF directive. However, it...
about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add hardcoded TCP/IP Support for SMF119 subtype 12(zert) Records.

Support is currently provided for subtype 11 records defined in the base code of zCDP5.1. Added support of subtype 12's will allow us to track more detailed TLS/IPSEC certificate information. We will also be able to view TLS/SSH failed handshakes.
4 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0

REGEX Function like in PL/I

Hi IBM, you've delivered the REGEX function in PL/I for the use of regular expressions in string searches. This would be nice in Cobol as intrinsic function too. Regards, Michael
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 12 Planned for future release

SMF92-subtype 51 to 59 in zCDP

We're currently working on zFS statistics to tune the performance, looking at HBORS092 member in CDP SHBODEFS, it looks like the SMF92 subtype 5x are missing (51 to 59). Could you please update zCDP and create some nice datastreams to monitor zFS ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

IBM Enterprise COBOL - Display ISPF statistics ID information in COPY/BASIS cross-references

Hi, The COPY/BASIS cross-references display ISPF statistics for copies from PDS: creation date, modification date, and time. We would like the ISPF statistics ID information to also be included in the COPY/BASIS cross-references.--> We use this...
about 2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

Add a Descriptor and/or Route Code to DISPLAY UPON CONSOLE like in PL/I to do WTO (ASM)

Today, the DISPLAY UPON CONSOLE statement has a default Desciptor Code of 2 and a Route Code of 3. For automated log processing, it is important to be able to specify these codes. The only way today is to call an Assembler program performing WTO. ...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

the creation of an option to inhibit or manage appropriately Assignment name for environment variable

Dynamic allocation can introduce opportunities for system vulnerability
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL - Conditional compilation variables containing the names of the current Division, Section, and Paragraph

Hi, We would like to have conditional compilation variables containing the current Division, Section, and Paragraph names at compile time: IGY-DIVISION-NAME, (force name to uppercase, default is space if before ID DIVISION) IGY-SECTION-NAME, (...
2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL - SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph endpoint handling

Hi, The reference documentation for the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph states that the period is optional if no clause is present in that paragraph. This implies that the period is accepted in the absence of any clause in the paragraph: SPECIAL-NAMES par...
2 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Is a defect

Adjustable maximum messages per block for Generic HTTP subscribers

We have a requirement to send z/OS messages (OPERLOG) to a security operations centre (SOC). The Generic HTTP subscriber of IBM z Common Data Provider sends the data, but an arbitrary number of messages are batched together. Our requirement is to ...
3 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Under review