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Implement dynamic-capacity tables

Implement dynamic-capacity tables as defined by the COBOL 2014 standard (INCITS/ISO/IEC 1989:2014 [2014]).
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

IBM Migration Utility to generate other Languages

IMU currently ingests Easytrieve Plus or Easytrieve Class programs and generates IBM Enterprise COBOL. Customer would like to see IMU generate Java.
11 months ago in IBM Migration Utility for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Missing Data Capture Exit Support for IMS Open Database Access

Updates to IMS databases via Open database access do not trigger the database capture exit routines.
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Not under consideration

Creation a DFHXQxxxI message to monitor the percentage of "lists in use" in a CF Structure.

Hello, We use Temporary Storage Queue in a shared environment.As we noticed messages monitoring the percentage of entries and elements in use, we didn't notice a DFHXQ...I message for monitoring the percentage of lists in use?This request refers t...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Record Generator not generating DAA-compliant code

Record Generator 3.0.1 does not generate code that would take advantage of the Data Access Accelerator mechanism, even though DAA is true and available to the CobolDatatypeFactory, it generates BigDecimal members. A parameter to control the behavi...
over 4 years ago in Record Generator for Java 5 Future consideration

JES2 shutdown updated to handle TCP/IP network servers

Currently, network servers are explicitly ignored during SA's JES2 shutdown and DRAINJES processing. This means customers have to code their own shutdown policy definitions. New entries should be made available for this in the Customization Dialog...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

'Search in Files' does not work for strings that do have Swedish national characters

Swedish character support seems not to be available when doing 'Search in Files' within Application Discovery Analyze Client.
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Is a defect

Need IDz v16 to be installable with Installation Manager

IDz v16 is currently only installable via Eclipse P2: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826641 Installation process of earlier versions was with Installation Manager and it would be easier to upgrade to v16 if IM was also available.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

Provide a batch mode for the CreatePasswordFile utility

At the moment, the CreatePasswordFile utility requires an interactive console which prompts the user for the password. This idea is about to extend the CreatePasswordFile util and supply a batch mode: The user supplies both the password file locat...
almost 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

View paths to sources

The IP addresses of the machine, where the sources are stored, are currently visible to users, for example in reports (inventory), usages and in the Eclipse window "Properties" for projects or resources (programs, copy...). This information is not...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

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