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PROCLIM and CPU time

Currently, the cpu time is calculated for each schedule but not for each transaction. For example, if I choose a PROCLIM(5,1), the limit will be 5 x 1 = 5s for the schedule. So IMS stop the schedule if it reaches this limit. But, not necessary if ...
almost 11 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

zDT - Allow ADCD install to custom path

Allow the location of zOS volumes to be recognized in Tools installed in a custom path. Currently requires the path to be /home/ibmsys1/zDT/adcd. The entire path and specifically adcd directory should be able to user defined, not hard-code and req...
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Dynamic allocation of Full Function databases from Recon

IMS Fast Path database datasets are dynamically allocated using the information registered in the Recon datasets. We would like the same to apply to Full Function databases.
almost 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 0 Not under consideration

Add option to test cases and that should be automatically saved in workspace

Currently Debuggger is not integrated with ZUnit.If we need to create test cases for zUnit, we have to go out of our way from our daily routine and do a lot of painful preparation and do the test cases in such a way that zUnit will give some resul...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

DFHCNV as RDO supported table.

Support of DFHCNV conversion translation table as RDO.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

PL/I for Windows

Rectify code generation for statements like a = a * b;and a = a/b;where a and b are COMPLEX,in which the real part of the result is computed incorrectly. The imaginary part is stored directly in the result fieldinstead of in a temporary.That actio...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Raise a severe error if a unknown instruction is generated

If the Compiler/Optimizer generates an invalid unknown instruction (UNKWN), it have to raise a Severe Error. The assembly list shows unknown ?UNKWN? instructions: 000027 | ALRK r8,r7,r9 000027 | UNKWN r15,r3 000027 | UNKWN r8,r6 000027 | C r0,s.uw...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

In IMS Recovery Expert, if there is no quiet time, show least busy times.

Currently, IMS Recovery Expert only shows quiet times when the database does not have any inflight Units of Work. When looking at recovery scenarios with Cyber Vault situations, we may have periods of time that we will need to recover to where the...
about 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Add additional report to view the unused variables in a program

Is it possible to see the unused variables in the program? Variables which are just declared and never used in the program. Currently developer can be able to see the unused procs in the program in report "unused routines within program".
about 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Secure RDz workspace in encrypted sandbox

There are several security concern from system Z customer view. The number 1 is the Foot Print issue. RDz store the download file without encryption. When exit workbench, the temporary file is even not deleted. If we can allocate a file spaces wit...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

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