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File Manager Compare - display offset

Enhance File Manager compare output to show offset when using record field display. It is possible to have several field in a cobol recordstructure with same name. The compare then shows the name only, but not which one of the fields.
about 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CBAC CICS API to support CICSPLEX

We need a CBAC CICS API that perform the equivalent functions as CBKBMAIN module. The new API enable CICS online program to interface with CBAC and perform file operations where CBAC will ensure the CNTL files for the entire CICSPLEX regions are i...
about 8 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Add ISO 2014 Dynamic Capacity Tables

Add support for dynamic capacity tables as defined in the ISO 2014 COBOL Standard. These are similar to the UNBOUNDED tables introduced in V5 of Enterprise COBOL but they have fewer restrictions and are more programmer friendly. They do not requir...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Always option for Edit Template in File Manager

In the File Manager product, in the view options panel is there a way to make the Edit Template an "Always"? File Manager for DB2 allows me to do this
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Monitoring Agent for OpenStack enhanced to support v3 API

Monitoring Agent for OpenStack doesn't currently support v3 API connections. The version of OpenStack that is being used at my location is running the v3 API, as a result we are not able to benefit from the monitoring functionality provided by the...
over 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add clean-up of bad/orphan recoreds to REPAIR.RECON

REPAIR.RECON needs to be able to clean up bad/orphan records - especially orphan'ed LOGALLs. See 58537,L6Q,000 for details. We had LOGALL record from 2005. The CLEANUP.RECON doesn't get rid of the orphan & currently IMS 14's REPAIR.RECON will ...
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

Support for Session ID caching in IMS Transaction Manager Resource Adaptor

We need IMS TM Resource Adapter to add support for TLS/SSL session reuse in order to reduce CPU consumption related to large numbers of full TLS/SSL handshakes. When the IMS TM RA uses TLS/SSL to protect its connections to IMS on z/OS, it appears ...
over 8 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / General ES 1 Not under consideration

COBOL ability to read ESDS datasets by RBA

Add the ability for Cobol to read ESDS datasets by RBA (Relative Byte Address). If the above is added, you should also add the ability to return (or know) the RBA when data is written to an ESDS dataset.
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

CBAC VSAM DATATABLES

Add full support for VSAM FILES defined as datatables.
over 8 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 0 Not under consideration

Connect / Disconnect (Logon / Logoff) from FM and FA plug-in

Allow a user to Connect to a system from the Systems Information view in the File Manager and Fault Analyzer plug-in.
over 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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