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Simple administration API to validate service provider connection

z/OS Connect Connect provides simple REST APIs to administer APIs ".../zosConnect/apis" and services ".../zosConnect/services". Something similar to query configured service providers and the health of the backend middleware connect would be extre...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Import of Java projects into ADDI

The artifacts from existing eclipse projects can be used for analysis in different workspaces in the Explore View without the need to import the projects. The existing eclipse projects in svn, git or RTC are imprinted with the AD Java Nature befor...

Two jobs in a JCL

When you have two JOB cards in a JCL they both submits. But in IDz you only are present with the last jobnumber.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Purging CICS task by predefined elapsed time regardless of CICS commands executed nor any CICS resources involved

Currently, OMEGAMON/CICS offer Resource limit for purging tasks running out of different kind of resource limit. Resource Limiting considerations. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/rlim-resource-limiting-facility-considerations However, this have ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

No Field properties in BMS mask editor (browse mode)

No Field properties in BMS mask editor (browse mode) . Problem description and business impact When open the BMS mask editor in browse mode, it is not possible to get the field properties for e.g. input fields. This is only possible, when open the...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

CICS Config Manager Sort Function in CMCI connection

CICS CM Explorer CMCI connection doesn't allow sort on columns as the regular CMCI connection does, thus having to swap connections to sort columns based on criteria. I.E. Transaction Definitions, sort on REMOTE ID in regular CMCI connection, can ...
over 9 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Suffixed version of DFHCNV

We would like to see suffixed versions of DFHCNV selectable by Initialisation Parameter just like any old CICS System Table. This would allow different tiers of CICS systems to use different DFHCNVxx load modules with potentially differing source.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

DISABLE DTCN command is only honored if executed as the very first command issued in debug session

DISABLE DTCN and DISABLE CADP command is not honored if its issued during a debug session at a later point ( after STEP or GO with hitting a break point)
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

impact for CICs with z/OS maintenance (ciphers)

We recently applied maintenance on our z/OS LPARThe APAR OA47405 and OA48868 have an impact on the cipher suites, but the CICS systems are not awared of these modificationsWe would like to have a APAR generated for CICS too when z/OS maintenance h...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IBM AD Audit service is not added as a Windows service

IBM AD Audit service is stand alone service that has to be started each time manually from the command line after server is re-started. This Audit service needs to be implemented into 'Windows Services' in order to be able set the automatic start.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration