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Alter Domain / Site table refresh to be dynamic instead of requiring a Full Netview outage

The GDPS system resides on the Netview that also executes system automation. Prior to GDPS 4.5 we could dynamically refresh the site table with the 4.5 release you are now causing the customers to take an outage to their automation environments. T...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

IMS Catalog add support to JDBC drivers to support sub fields in tooling access for FEDERATED/VIRTUALIZED access

The customer imports COBOL copybooks into IMS Enterprise Suite for Developers for use in SQL queries. 01 root-level 03 can-query1 char(1) 03 cannot-query, 05 cannot-query1 char(1) 05 cannot-query2 char(2) 03 can-query2 pic'999'. As imported, the c...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Delivered

RETRIEVE several components with an single CCID and COMMENT

My Sofware Change Manager is ENDEVOR.I can't "RETRIEVE" several components with an single CCID and COMMENT, entered once and for all. "ADD" several components is also problematic (see RFE 25748).
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

Overload resolution bug

When a library has multiple functions with the same name, and the same number of parameters (but of different types), the compiler sometimes generates code that calls the wrong function, if one of the parameter values is null.
about 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Delivered

Need an exit point at package define time.

Need a pre and post processing exit at package DEFINE time. Currently, only these package processing exit points are provided:ApproveBackout DisapproveImportInstallMigrateNewcopyReadyUnready.
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Conditional transformation

Would it be possible to provide a feature where a field may be checked for a certain value or range of values before transforming all data received by the API. A key requirement would be to always transform the field being checked. So if the check...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Add UTF-8 formatting support for Cobol and zSystems LPEX editor

Source/Format with Cobol Editor fails when RDz/RTC is used together. The editors should be usable with source stored in the RTC repository. This also happens with the local project with a UTF-8 encoded file.UTF-8 is currently not supported as a co...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Delivered

Assembler LARL support

LARL modifies a register which would mean a change in program flow. AD currently does not recognize this syntax.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Delivered

Allocate sequential file modeling a VSAM file

In the ISPF panels I am trying to allocate a sequential file, modeling a VSAM file. I am going in thru <Utilities><Create>. On the Data set/path name, I key my sequential file name. For Like data set, I key the vsam file to model. For ...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Delivered

Syntax check local program must be associated CARMA get the SYSLIB in this group of properties associated with the program

The "syntax check local" with regeneration of a program's dependency associated with CARMA will look for the program copys in ENDEVOR without can indicate where the versions that interest us are stored.We simply want to use the SYSLIB property gro...
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

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