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    Support for User-defined functions in programs utilizing SQL

    At the moment it is not possible to compile a COBOL module using "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" and EXEC SQL. This severely limits the usability of "user-defined functions"/"function prototypes" in system which uses SQL/DB2 as the ...
    10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Planned for future release

    JSON PARSE WITH DETAIL specified at run time

    It would be helpful if WITH DETAIL phrase of JSON PARSE can be enabled/disabled at run time by application logic. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    iZWS datastream to support wildcards like * or % in the PATH

    Today I have to define 2 datastreams to see EQQCPD1 and EQQCDP2
    4 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Under review

    Enable zCDP to use SMF042-15 and 16 17 18 19 subtypes to see VSAM RLS statistics

    Currently, there is no way with zCDP to print uesful statistics about BMF in VSAM RLS.
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Future consideration

    update zCDP to support new fields in SMF30 : OA65055: NEW FUNCTION - Java usage reporting in SMF type 30 record SMF30CAS section

    please update zCDP to have the new fields in SMF30CAS
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

    Handle abend when using JSON GENERATE statement

    We are facing an issue when using the JSON GENERATE cobol statement with cobol variables containing incorrect value. For exemple, in the case of a numeric variable containing spaces, the order triggers an ASRA abend and the generated json buffer i...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

    Support of SMF105 GDPS Global Mirror

    I see that PH57707 has been created for support of SMF105 in TDS, would it be possible to do the same for CDP (HBORS105/HBOUS105) and also create a datastream for it.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Planned for future release

    JSON PARSE error details

    JSON PARSE error handling improvements - Expose Parse messages to application code. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in Parse failures. Displaying th...
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Future consideration

    SMF records type 70 for Crypto should show show the nickname CEX8C instead of binary value x'13'

    R7023CT OFFSET 1 LENGTH 1 BINARY, -- Binary Crypto processor type -- X'03' = PCICC PQ78777 -- X'05' = PCIXCC (z990 only) PQ78777 -- X'07' = CEX2C à10A -- X'09' = CEX3C à10A -- X'10' = CEX4C à16A -- X'11' = CEX5C à21a -- X'12' = CEX6C à23A Manipula...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Not under consideration

    Provide COBOL support for YAML and utility to convert DTD to a COBOL record definition,

    We have a data structure/format in .YAML /YML file. And require ability/utility to convert YML DTD to a COBOL equivalent copybook
    over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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