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Enabling unit testing of deployable load module

We would like to be able to do section and paragraph testing on the load module that we will be using for production.A unit testing framework like COBOL Check, builds a new COBOL program, that tests the code. But we are actually not certain that t...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

AD to create a storyboard from code

Create a storyboard on how the code to assist in facilitation of moving to another language.
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

RDz client user needs to be able to specify how <JOBNAME> substitution is handled, especially since USERID is not the default

RDz user needs a way to specify how property group <JOBNAME> substitution takes place in generated jobs. Customer would like <JOBNAME> to be resolved with the user's USERID. Currently the <JOBNAME> is resolved from HLQ of the sou...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Specify (remote) Transid on Function Shipped Requests other than DPL

It is currently possible to specify the transaction-id under which a DPL request will be invoked in the remote region using the "Transid" remote attribute on the program definition. This should be expanded to all function shippable remote requests...
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

zD&T Web app provide ability to add scratch 3390 volumes to an image.

When creating a zD&T image, the user should be able to include new/empty/scratch volumes as part of the image. This would eliminate need to manually create the volume files, and add them to the devmap, and edit the IOCD.
over 2 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 0 Not under consideration

ADDI and CA7 scheduler - to trigger conditionally from another JCL through a SASSTRLR utility

TD Bank is evaluating ADDI v5.1.0.3 and they are interested in integrate ADDI with CA7 scheduler tool.Is it possible that there are some jobs that are triggered conditionally from another JCL through a SASSTRLR utility(Apparently CA7 utility)? Sin...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support for SHA256

The capabilities that CICS WS-Security requires are; - Full support for <wsu:Timestamp> elements, specifically creating them on outbound messages. - Support SHA256 as a signature algorithm - Support signing of individual elements, specifical...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Need OpenID Connect for Liberty Webserver to work with DBB

Current Security Model used by DBB - LDAP or internal security are not approved standards for security at Bank of America.
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Natural programs called from JCL

ADDI doesn't have in JCL a special treatment for NATBATCH so we don't treat it as NATURAL program call interface. This functionality is very important for the customer.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Highlite negative statuses in Supersession

This is additional request for delivered RFE in https://ibm-z-software-portal.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/CLSS-I-73 We like the new feature, but we'd like to have also possibility or 3rd color position in KLSOPTHL to be able to also highlight negative Ses...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration