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    Add AM.1 option to see number of ACCESS records found

    CONVERSON commands in C2PAMMAP allow reduction of ACCESS records by removal of qualifiers that change daily, or more frequently. Reduction of ACCESS records means faster reporting, so customers will use AM reports for more online checks and analys...
    5 months ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 0 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

    z/Secure Admin - Display RACF database information such as % used.

    This would be useful information to be displayed, from a datasource like CKFREEZE or if from the CKRCARLA output. Information such as: RACF Database datasets & volumes. RACF Database dataset size / % used. What are the parameters used. Current...
    about 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 4 Future consideration

    Report SMF Signature with Carla SMF2(1,2)

    Since we are using SMF signing in our systems I tried to report the SMF Record 2(1:2) but haven't found any indication for this in zSecure IN.D 'Data dictionary' as a built in field.
    about 2 years ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 2 Planned for future release

    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

    Copy user by overtyping their RACF username

    Being able to overtype a username to copy would allow quicker and more intuitive copying of a user in the ISPF interface. This functionality was available in a similar non-IBM product that is unfortunately now deprecated.
    over 1 year ago in zSecure / zSecure Admin 1 Not under 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

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