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IDz Retrive data set: allow wildcard in dataset name pattern on first qualifier

In ISPF (option 3.4 Dslist) we have the option to use wildcard on first qualifier Via IDz with the simular action 'Retreive data set' it is not possible to put a wildcard on the first qualifier In our shop with our naming convention we often use a...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Consideration of all IMS syntaxes

We found following an incident on the tool that some syntaxes, such as CEETLDI, in IMS calls were not supported by the tool. Only the CBLTLDI syntax was supported by the tool. I found this IBM documentation for information :https://www.ibm.com/sup...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Provide a digital signature option during the SMP/E build

We are required to prove that our software instances are patched and up to date. Can SMP/E (or a separate utility that can perform this function for a non-SMPE product) generate a digital signature containing a summary of hash values that represen...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Not under consideration

IBM Workbench 11.6.0.11 should be supported on Windows 2019 Standard Edition

Workbench import for 11.6.0.11 is currently not working for Windows 2019 SE and it should be supported.
about 2 years ago in Transaction Analysis Workbench for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

(TPFUG) Toolchain support for building code with multiple versions of the compiler

In order to migrate to a new compiler, all new warnings or errors in user code must be corrected and/or user defined compiler overrides must be applied to suppress warnings enabled by default for the new compiler. Some shops may require all code r...
about 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Allow IDz RSE Retrieved data sets function to display dataset aliases the way ISPF 3.4 does.

In ISPF a 3.4 dataset search will list aliases and datasets. In RDz and IDZ the alias is not listed, a 0 found is returned. We are still using RSE server version 8.5 so this may have been resolved in new RSE server.
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Provide ISO 2014 COBOL Literal Enhancements

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSLANG13001; Voting Priority=2.8 +5=2 +4=5 +3=4 +2=11 +1=2 abstain=3 Priority=2.8 NOTE 1: This is a follow-up (possible replacement for): SSLNGC08006 2002 ISO COBOL - Enhanced literal continuation support ...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

RFE of formatting support for multi-byte COBOL editor

When I use Developer for System z, the following limitation is written. Windows>Preferences>COBOL>Editor>Formatter Indentation Tab : "Note : Indentation formatting is supported for single bytes character set source encoding only" I'd l...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

To enable viewing of JCL Control Cards in AD Analyze Client

National Australia Bank has requested for the ability to view contents of JCL Control Files in the Explore Project functionality or JCL expansion.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Provide Default-SIT for HPO (HighPerformanceOption)

In CICS.SDFHAUTH is DFHSIT provided. Most of the parameters formerly have do be declared in your own SIT are now overwritable by PARM='SYSIN'-File. This is really good for administrative work.But for the HighPerformanceOption (HPO) we have to crea...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

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