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Use of commands for Debug Tool through RDz

The scenario considered for this request is a developer using IBM Rational Developer for z Systems V9.5.1 (RDz), with Debug Tool for z/OS V13.1 (DT) to debug programs. In the debugging sessions, they need to execute some Debug Tool commands for sp...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer for Mac

We need Mac support of IMS Explorer.
about 7 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

[RPP] DDL with clause "NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT constant"

In RPP, select option 'P' in CMS456 in dataaggragate -ce generate a clause NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT in the .ddl. NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT in DB2 allows inserting rows in a table without specify the value. A column with type integer or decimal would be ...
over 2 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Limit on Terminal Error Conditions or transactions run on specific terminal

Limit number of terminal transaction errors and/or number of transactions entered from a single terminal.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

URI MAP Pipeline Scan Install model - web assistant

URI MAP MODEL for the Web Assistant (JSON); pipeline scan, bind file.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

MRO and Threadsafe

Allow threadsafe for remote requests (file control, dpl, etc.) over MRO.
almost 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Not allow user handle abend for AICA

We are interested in an option or mechanism at CICS system level to withdraw HANDLE ABEND issued by any user application program at run time for AICA transaction abend code. This function would to prevent user routine continue to be processing as ...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add additional properties to policy rules

Today with z/OS Connect policy files you can only use headers to make a decision on which CICS transaction and connection to use. What we are needing is a way to use the headers and other information such as the API operation, path, method e.g. to...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

BNPP - Usage - Library Variant and MAF extractions

MAF extractions should take into account the usage and the library variant according to the rule implemented today in PACBASE.
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

Emulator requests color

When in the host emulator we need to have the ability to be able to change colors was we can in windows.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration