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zUnit : The HLQ from the MVS subproject should be used / available in the zUnit preferences

The HLQ from the MVS subproject should be used / available in the zUnit preferences 1) Indeed we would like to have at least 2 variables available in the preferences of zUnit • <HLQ> which should be substituted with from the HLQ-value of th...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered

Symbolic in JCL doesn't work with "open member" option

While editing or browsing a JCL in RDz, you can select a dataset name in the JCL and from the context menu select the option "Open Member". This will open the dataset in RDz. If the dataset name has symbolic parameters in it, the open member produ...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Delivered

Make temporary datasets permanent and save all previous members

While using the EXPORT / IMPORT options under IMS ADMIN we noticed the following datasets are temporary. We would like to have them permanent and updated as new members are added. Currently every time we execute, members in the following datasets ...
almost 2 years ago in IMS Administration Tool for z/OS / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Submit job without job card

In our Mainframe we can submit JCL without job card (an exit adds it automatically) in TSO. It will be usefull to find this functionality in IDz. Perhaps with “Run as>z/OS Batch application using existing JCL” and use the job card (see capture1...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Delivered

OLIST automatic save

OLIST, Permanent Object Lists ... the UPDATED field is is modified for a command field change
over 5 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Delivered

TM RA Connection Pooling Support for Synchronous Callout Responses

From the TM RA Traces one could see, that the IMSTCPIPAdapter classes does connect(), send(), close() for every IMS Synchronous Callout Response.Customer wants to have connection pooling also for the Callout Responses similar to what TM RA does fo...
about 9 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Delivered

Write protect Design Build Path

We are in the process of migrating from VisualAge Pacbase to RPP.the original library structure is reflected in RPP in Location as Design Build Path. By accident one of the developers changed the Design Build Path making the entire Project Area un...
about 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Delivered

CICS Explorer and DEFAULTWARNINGCOUNT

On the WUI display when the DEFAULTWARNING COUNT is reached there is the opportunity to click OK and proceed with the request. In EXPLORER messages CNX0211I and CNX022W are issued and there is no opportunity to proceed with the request
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

CICS IPIC Heartbeat timeout adjustable

CICS TS 5.2 introduced IPIC heartbeats. Every 60s CICS starts a CIS1 task for every IPCONN active in the system.The idea is to check that the partner region is reachable. The timeout value for the check is 2 x 10 seconds and is not adjustable. If ...
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

HACP EE to support Liberty Server

HACP EE today is supported only on WebSphere Application Server. Most customers today prefer to use Liberty Server. Requesting that HACP EE support Liberty Server.
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered