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Allow multiple selections for DSORG selection keyword

Enhance the DSORG selection keyword to allow for multiple selections to enable OR processing for an INCLUDE statement. Only allowing a single selection requires multipe duplicate INCLUDE statements which complicates the rule definitions and subseq...

Feature to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER, EXPORTEr

We don´t have the option to import keys of type CIPHER, IMPORTER and EXPORTER in the UKO. It would be interestig to have this feature
1 day ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / UKO for z/OS 0 Submitted

Selecting some charts (e.g. Page Frames) is useful to do per CEC. Currently, a manual filter needs to be set. We should add the CEC name to the appropriate tables, even though it may not be in the specific SMF record.

Some charts make more sense when viewed at a CEC level. Real storage is an example. Currently, the customer needs to ensure that they manually set a filter to limit the reporting to a specific CEC. We should simply support the CEC name as an addit...
1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

When adding multiple metrics to a chart, we always go back to the top of the list. We should reshow the list after the last metric that was added (they are shown alphabetically).

This is slightly annoying to have to page down again (sometimes many pages) to get back to where you just were. We should reshow the list after the last metric that was added (they are shown alphabetically).
1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Show a warning on the chart when all data is not available to span the selection that the user specified.

It is a little confusing if a customer/user specifies a range that is not available in the data base (for retention reasons for example). A warning would inform them that they are not looking at all the data that they requested.
1 day ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Provide CLANG scan-build tool on AIX for Open XL C 17.1+

Provide the scan-build tool to front-end CLANG static analysis. This would greatly aide in migrating codebases from older versions of XL C to the new compilers. All compiler users on AIX would benefit.
2 days ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / AIX 0 Submitted

EXCI Policy Limiting Batch EXCI Pipes for same job

EXCI Policy, or other means, to Limit excessive Batch EXCI Pipes for same job. A single batch job could loop taking all the EXCI Pipes; would want a way to block one job, to prevent others from opening an EXCI Pipe. Limit would be configurable.
2 days ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 0 Submitted

Allow further defining of PROGRAMNAME in the Application/Business Group criteria specification.

Change the application/business group specification of PROGRAMNAME to be CICSPROGRAMNAME, DB2PROGRAMNAME, and ADDSPACEPROGRAMNAME
2 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add the Address Space "Work Type Indicator" as a classification rule for Application/Business Groupings

This would be useful, because it would give the user the ability to differentiate between batch jobs, started tasks, OMVS, and TSO address spaces.
2 days ago in  IBM Z IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS 0 Submitted

Reporting spool(PUT) statements at compile time to avoid unnecessary performance issues on runtime

Spool statements using on test phase can be forgotten during production transition. This will cause unnecessary performance degredation. So, PUT statement usage can be reported during compile time. Compiler message can be displayed different messa...
6 days ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted