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Increase REGION parameter for build job

In the REXX code SINGIREX(AOFFCOPT) that generates the batch JCL and in the supplied sample SINGSAMP(INGEBBLD) increase the REGION=6M to something larger, such as REGION=0M.Alternatively, because some customers may have REGION limits that must be ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Editeur d'entité 'Texte'

L'diteur de l'entit? 'Texte' est si peux conviviale, que le texte en devient ? peine lisible. Am?lioration souhait?e : avoir une vision basique du texte (un peu comme les maquettes d'?tat ou le -SIM des textes pacbase) et un ?diteur am?lior?.
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Absence d'indentation représentant la hiérarchie des bibliothéques

Lorsque l'on affiche les bibliotheques, on peut faire le choix de trier par niveau etc .... Par contre on ne voit pas de mani?re 'habituelle' l'indentation des biblioth?ques. Celle-ci est accessible mais dans les propri?t?s du r?f?rentiel RPP. Am?...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

report of all OSGi bundle dependencies currently running

Provide a method to query the running environment on the list report of all dependencies of enabled OSGi bundles.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support debugging of non-LE subroutines that run in a lower link level under an LE compliant SORT exit

Currently Debug Tool does not allow a user to debug a lower level assembler subroutine that is entered by this sequence: SORT calls a an LE COBOL sort exit, which calls an assembler subroutine, which in turn calls another assembler subroutine. At ...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

An option to create empty SAMDS output files (RBD 9.11 / Generation for VSE)

EGL doesn't provide a method to create empty output files, whereas in native Cobol, output file is created within the open statement. In a mixed environment (EGL, native Cobol, CA Easytrieve) we have, this shortage in EGL causes extra logic to be ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Planned for future release

Provide support to specify MM-DD format within JCL instead of Three-digit Julian day

Customer is familiar with specifying MM-DD format in JCL as ISV replace customer from xChange. They would like to set using MM-DD format in JCL, although they know that they could check the Julian date by using REXX exec AGGDD.
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance transaction channel to get container which put in the DPL linked program

ICBC plans to use transaction channel to pass their parameters in a transaction. However in a DPL case, if the transaction channel is created in the linked program, it can't return it to the linker program, which wants to use it.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support Transaction Channel on VTAM

ICBC plans to use the function of transaction channel in their product to pass the parameter between programs linked in one transaction. And they are using DPL on VTAM connections, which is not supported by the transaction channel. They need the t...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

DELETE TRAN command to clean RM structure without a tool

After DELETE TRAN and DELETE TRAN DEFN the output from the QRY TRAN command show us TRAN DELETED (transaction name and completion code) of RM structure and that can cause the wrong interpretation, as if the transaction hadn´t been deleted. It woul...
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

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