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LPEX JCL editor needs to have the same syntax support as JCL editor

LPEX JCL editor currently does not support JCL statements such as EXPORT and related keywords.IDz LPEX JCL editor does not recognize EXPORT statement and related keywords such as SYMBOLS etc.When JCL is coded with EXPORT statement, error - Incorre...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

TADZ Reports - New column showing product version and release based on the last GKB loaded

Can the reports be updated with adding an extra column to show the latest version and release of products registered in the lastest GKB loaded. By adding this column would add value because analyst can review and assess how far off products are fr...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

COBOL structures and examples for Common Debug Architecture

We would like the documentation and include libraries to the Common Debug Architecture, to be expanded with examples in COBOL, and data structures in COBOL.
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

Add capabilities to support JES3

There are several larger customers with JES3.
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Anomaly Analytics with Watson 1 Not under consideration

NOUNREFALL option: improved warning messages

When using RULES(NOUNREFALL) the message---IGYSC2262-W **RULES(NOUNREFALL)** No references to "XXXXXXX", nor any of its subordinates if "XXXXXXX" is a group item, were found in the program.---does not refer to a source line but to the name of the ...
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

Let server group shutdown during sysplex shutdown

During sysplex shutdown, automation server groups are not able to properly shutdown due to backup systems being unavailable. Server group desires backup system to be available in order to move last APL, however other systems are shutdown. System a...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

IBM Debug: Warn for active "skip all breakpoints"

Hi IBM, In the Remote Debugger in IDz: To avoid debugging with all breakpoints off: please add a warning if the "skip all breakpoints" switch in the menu is active during start of a new debug session.
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Origin Data to be passed for DTP and ASYNC flows

For transaction tracking purposes it is important that a transactions has some information about the parent transaction. The ADCB doesn't have information for DTP transactions and some of the ASYNC flows (e..g START with TERMID). The ORIGIN DATA i...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

NPID for ADDI app server to SQL server requires Create rights

AD only supports SQL Authentication and not Windows when it comes about the user connecting to the DB Server.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

HOD FTP need the ability to connect to FTP/S server with Implicit TLS (No AUTH TLS command)

Currently the HOD FTP client is only able to connect to a server that is configured for Explicit TLS (AUTH TLS) which starts with a non-secure connection then converts to a secure connection. Our site has a restriction that there should not be non...
about 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release