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Return a status code when Application dose not using XDFLD in SSA

If program is using a PCB with PROCSEQ= , but the SSA coded in program is not the name of INDEX coded in LCHILD defined in the DBD of the secondary index . Instead , user coded the SSA names defined in the DBD of the primary DB. So the result is t...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

CICS IA Support SQL Insert for DB2 LUW

CICS IA DB2 UDB support assumes that the data must be transferred to LUW and special scripts will be executed to import/load the data into the data base. There is no method on how to run batch jobs on z/OS to directly query DB2 UDB or load the dat...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Datacom support

Our team uses CA-Datacom as a database for CICS applications. CICS IA does not track CICS applications that are making database queries/changes to Datacom.
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICS Plugin Bit Pattern Queries

There are a variety of CICS applications that are using interfaces that are not supported by CICS IA. The ability to use the query tool to build / report on the occurrence of bit patterns within load modules would greatly enhance the functionality...
about 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

TAAM cambio en allocación de fichero de syntax check, permita HLQ

TAAM cambio en allocación de fichero de syntax check, permita HLQ, ya que si no, es necesario incluir en las rutinas de SMS el perfil userid.ALLOCOPT.SYNTAX
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Finish S option for DB2 error file Organization

There is an S option on the Dialog for generating error messages from a DB2 table. This generated a call in the generated code, but seems to be missing the connection to a DB2 table name. We would like to be able to use a DB2 table for the error f...
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 8 Not under consideration

Ability to control which version of IMS Explorer can connect to a IMS system

We would like the ability to control what IMS Explorer Releases our installation considers valid to connect to a IMS System. We would also like a way to send IMS Explorer users as brief notification at connect time.
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Generated Code Structure and Working Storage

The Generated Code Structure should collapse or expand Working Storage, the same way it is done for Functions and SubFunctions. In addition, all the different levels should be expandable and collapsible. The Outline can collapse and expand Working...
about 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Not under consideration

Issue alert message to high QBUF consuming

In a Shared Queue enviroment when the utilization of QBUF reach threshold, we would like to have a alert message and identify what transactions are consuming high percentage of QBUF.
about 10 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

RDz needs a warning dialog for logon reconnect from another workstation

RDz needs a warning dialog for logon reconnect from another workstation Currently, it is not possible to make the duplicate connect (logon) behaviour same, from RDz Client and PCOM to host. Using -Dsingle.logon=true the customer confirms that the ...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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