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"Ignore message ID characters" gets disabled if an AT OVERRIDE is used

It seems unnecessarily restrictive to not allow AT OVERRIDEs when "Ignore message ID characters" is used. This restriction prevents any sort of robust and specific automation definitions from being created without the use of rexx, which seems very...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Submitted

Implement mfa support in rseapi without Zowe API Mediation Layer dependency.

Rseapi requires today for zMFA support integration with additional service: Zowe API Mediation Layer. For that we should install additionally zowe product which seems unnecessary for that only reason. RACF today has both passticket and JWT support...
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 1 Functionality already exists

Increase the number of available Application Symbols (SUBSSYMBOLn/SUBPSYMBOLn), similar to System Automation Symbols (AOCCLONEx)

Both simple and complex environments can be managed more easily through symbol substitution. With additional Application Symbols, a more tailored approach to automation management can be achieved, reducing administration efforts through reusable d...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 3 Future consideration

Provide access to "PolicyDB Name" in Build Post-Processing EXIT INGEX02, similar to Build Pre-Processing EXIT INGEX10.

Q. Why is it useful?A. Having access to the PDB name in the exit would allow additional actions to take place, based on BUILD return code, such as automatically creating a "point in time" backup of the Policy that just created the Automation Contr...
5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Suppression of SDF Alerts to IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF Without Disabling SA Policy

Currently, SDF alerts generated by IBM System Automation (SA) are automatically sent to the IBM_SYSAUTO-SDF destination. However, there is no native mechanism to suppress or redirect these alerts on a granular basis without disabling the entire SD...
5 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Extend the Application Class concept to other applicable resource types, such as Application Groups and Monitor Resources.

Q. Why is it useful? A. Reduces time and effort fulfilling "customer" (e.g. Support and Operation staff) requests. Q. Who would benefit from it? A. Both automation administrators and their customers: Administrators benefit by quickly inheriting pr...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Add default preference value for Model 1 APG's on the application group info panel for user customization

Add the default preference value on the application group info panel when a model 1 group is set, currently SA is stull supporting the values defined to the apg's. If a group was defined with a preference value prior to the removal in SA 4.2 it is...
6 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Store Up/Down Message in ASF and show in DISPINFO

The message(s) that triggered ACTIVMSG, resp. TERMMSG, should be stored in the Automation Status File (ASF) along with the already available timestamp.This information should then also be shown by DISPINFO. This requirement has been discussed at E...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Supporting Larger Screen Sizes / Logmodes for NetView / System Automation Panels e.g. INGLIST

Hello NetView / SA Team, currently we are migrating from IBM AF/Operator to NetView SA at our side. And during this migration more and more inquiries are arriving that NetView only displays 62 rows at the most panels (e. g. INGLIST, DISPINFO, and ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

IDz on VS Code display of some DBCS characters incorrect in JCL Editor

The versions we used were: VS Code: 1.103.2 Z Open Editor: 5.6.0Zowe Explorer: 3.2.2IDzEE: v17Code page: IBM-937 Regarding VS Code, in another environment my colleague had tried a POC before and saw two indicators next to Chinese characters (such ...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / VSCODE 1 Future consideration