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Enable CPSM EYU9XLOP as threadsafe in CICS

Need CPSM routing code (EYU9XLOP) to run threadsafe in routing region
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL 6.4+ - Add sub-options to CONDCOMP(SKIPSRC) option to be more agressive in removing of lines concerned by conditional compilation

Hi, The CONDCOMP(SKIPSRC) compilation option allows to remove lines in compilation listing of code excluded by conditional compilation. Despite this, there may still be many lines related to conditional compilation present in the compilation listi...
11 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Future consideration

New RACF messages indicating Next Token mode

Background - We are migrating from CA Top Secret to IBM RACF, here at our site. We are also migrating from CA AAM to IBM MFA. Under CA Top Secret, we enter "RSA Next Token Mode" after failing 3 attempts to logon. The CA Top Secret throws messages ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 9 Future consideration

IDz - Extending JCL Property Group

IDz works with Property Groups in order to be able to detect for instance copybooks. This should be enhanced for JCL members so we can use the include. This does work for remote members, but we need it as well for elements in the Project Explorer,...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Future consideration

Provide IZTA support for DB2 Tables with name more than 8 Characters

IZTA only support DB2 tables with name up to 8 characters. Requesting IZTA to support tables with more than 8 characters. This will avoid the programming changes needed to map the IZTA tables in the application. 1-O-1 mapping with the same name in...
11 months ago in IBM Z Table Accelerator 0 Planned for future release

Changes in the property files (application-conf) should be picked automatically

If there any changes in any .properties file in application-conf folder, should be picked automatically by DBB user build like CPY/COBOL the dependency files
11 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Would like to have the DBB Userbuild Configuration parameters to be set one time (like with in the Property Group or other with other concept lile YAML/XML file)

This will reduce the developers effort when ever they build a DBB user Build
11 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Future consideration

Prompt for a formula field should include field description.

When using the Statistics Alert Definition panel to enter a new alert, the prompt key (PF4) allows you to see and select the field name. After selecting the field, only the field name is added to the panel. It would be nice if the field descriptio...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

System Automation - Handling Long-Running Enqueues improvement

As IBM recommended, the IBM System Automation's Handling Long-Running Enqueues (ENQs) function was enable in order to determnine a contention problem on RACF Databases getting a dump of the holder of the resource. The objective of the RFE 87447 is...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Parenthesis are not highlighted in IDz COBOL editor (compared to TSO)

In TSO (ISPF editor), when parenthesis number is not rational (insufficient or in excess), the problematic parenthesis is highlighted in pink. In IDz (COBOL editor), there is no highlighted for this exact same problem. We wish we can have a clear ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 4 Future consideration

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