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Include execution times for Code Coverage reports

In the Code Coverage result we can see the percentage of execution coverage for each routine, and we request to show the time spent to execute the routines.
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Supersession issues with Swedish national characters

Hello Team, we have migrated from TPX to supersession. Our Swedish colleagues are complaining that when they use Swedish characters they are converted to Danish characters and thus their systems will fail search attempts and so on. One of the cpmp...
over 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support for the Fortran programming language in Dependency Based Build is needed.

The current GA release of DBB does not support the Fortran programming language. This is a requirement for usage of DBB in our Enterprise environment.
over 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

replace SMF record compression in CICS w/zEDC ?

Request that Hursley performance team benchmark ( general purpose ) CPU reductions that may be realized by replacing CICS compression of SMF records with zEDC
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - comment directive

We suggest implementing a "comment" compilation directive. This could be the >>* directive. This directive would allow comments to be introduced in a source code, which would not be returned to the compilation listing (so as not to overload ...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

DSC monitor in a sysplex

The Monitor should be allowed to be used across the sysplex if DSC is licensed on any image in a sysplex.
over 6 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 1 Not under consideration

Frequency based thresholding for policy rules and events

Please provide user customizable mechanism to only trigger if the monitored event occurs more than N times in X minutes. This would be useful for thresholding within a single task and for thresholding across tasks.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CESN DFHSNP XCTL to appending user program

Provide CESN DFHSNP on a successful Signon optionally append (XCTL) to a user specified program. The User program to be specified as INITPARM data at startup.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

readonly access

Provide a mechanism for me to connect in a read-only way. This could be a separate connection definition or a toggle between view/edit. Regardless, it needs to be clear which mode is currently in use.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Select multiple, specific regions

Allow selecting multiple regions in the "CICS Explorer" view.
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

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