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Improve the loading performance in CICS IA

When loading a huge data array from VSAM affinity files into DB2 database affinity tables, CIUAFFLD job takes long time to be processed.
about 9 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

JSON Editor for IDz

Please add a JSON Editor (similar to the XML or SQL Editor)
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Enhance program call graph to not show unused Db2 calls referenced by commented PERFORM statement.

Currently in AD v6.0.1 program call graph shows unused SQL call statements of select/insert/update/delete from sections or para even if the calling PERFORM statement was commented out. Ideally those SQL calls are considered as dead codes as it wil...
about 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Use metadata such as DFDL to generate C structures and assembler DSECTs

With DFDL being both language agnostic and extensible through namespace based attributes and annotations, attributes and/or annotations could be added to indicate the name and optionally, data type, to use when generating such artifacts as well as...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

CICS explorer task history

Include Task History, that is Configured; Collected and Displayed. This is available in WUI interface. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6?topic=resources-historical-data
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Functionality already exists

Selection Panel for CALENDAR and PERIOD

IWS offers selection panels in database panel for WS, AD, OI, SPECRES, EDWA, JD, JCLVAR and RUN CYCLE. Two selection panels are missing: PERIOD and CALENDAR. In enviroments with hundreds of periods or calendars a selection menu like the other sele...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Input / Expected Output terminology is not clear in Test Case Editor

The headlines for Input and Expected Output is confusing in the test case editor for database calls and sub program calls. The phrasing is seen from the calling program (Program under test). An “input” is input to the calling program (PROGRAMA) , ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Not under consideration

parallel build client calls

In the case of a large number of AD projects (approx. 500), which contain a different number of mainframe artifacts (up to max. 20000), one call for the creation, import and build of each individual AD project in succession cannot be implemented o...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Add database fields for DWC reporting

We are currently planning to replace a homegrown system which creates TWS reports, with DWC reporting feature. However, we are missing a mandatory field from the Current Plan z/OS DB2 archive database, which is the AD Owner ID. Our current system ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Provide the ability to load comma delimited (or other delimiter) files into IZPCA tables

Anyone having delimited text log data wishing to load into IZPCA custom components
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

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