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Add Eclipse based Rexx editor

It has been about two yeasr since some one has requested this and got declined so I thought I would try again. Please add an Eclipse based Rexx editor. It doesn't need to do a lot. The base Eclipse editing actions, color highlighting, outline view...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 5 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE ARM support installation

Customers using z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition v3.0.53 need to install z/OS ARM feature manually. z/OS Connect EE supported ARM feature but ARM feature was not shipped with z/OS Connect EE install package. Customers using ARM feature with z/OS Co...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Better tolerate STOP/START of container

The current iteration of zAPM required specific actions be taken in zAPM when the container or MQ region is stopped or restarted:- "Note: If IBM MQ is stopped or restarted for any reason, you need to either recycle the container address space or r...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE - Enable multiple RACF Groups to be assigned to Global Interceptors

Please consider allowing multiple RACF Groups to be assigned to globalOperationGroup, globalInvokeGroup, and globalReaderGroup. Currently you can only assign multiple groups to globalAdminGroup. Also would like a way to specify that anyone that ha...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Automatic RESTART of collections if current time is more than x hours away from the normal scheduled restart.

There are several collections that one can schedule .. for example RMM collections or Dataset Attributes collections... If the TEPS Started task has been restarted (due to an IPL for example), and the current time is AFTER the time set in the coll...
over 1 year ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 3 Delivered

Possibility to suppress the server URL in error messages

VA tester tried to provide an invalid input where the input data exceeds the maximum length. The actual ZConnect URL is sent back in the error message as part of the response. {"errorMessage":"BAQR0429W: API RetrieveCreditChargeCardFulfillmentArra...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

API Toolkit enhance swagger info object to include contact object

Currently using the API Toolkit feature under zOS Explorer there is no option to include the contact object as part of the info object which currently includes description and version. As a result contact information for an API is missing from the...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Add support for GDG processing to DCP and MVSCMD commands in zoau

We cannot copy from USS File system to SEQ GDG using DCP or MVSCMD with the (+1) coded DCP Command Fails -bash-4.3$ dcp /bac/var/lib/devops/svcid/zsuserid/joblist 'ZSUSERID.TESTGDG(+1)' 17.47.08 STC00338 IEC034I INCONSISTENT RECORD FORMATS F AND V...
about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 4 Delivered

Include RSU, RSL & CARS level in current state inventory reporting.

With the advent of Continuous Delivery, software “version” levels are becoming less relevant as a gauge of product level currency, as is the concept of “N” or “N-1”. Vendors are choosing to make SPE (Small Programming Enhancements) available on a ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Delivered

CICS/PA support for static field

We would like to add the plex name as a JSON element when sending to Splunk. I'm not sure where the plex name can be sourced - it could be a variable, or we could determine it from the image name (group name?). It could be a variable that we can s...
over 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered