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update IBM Workload Scheduler applications

* IzWS (OPC) update *** this module is already developed by CIO *** Using BATL files, create/update OPC applications The git repo contains a BATL file for each OPC applications. The module inserts them into a JOB which is using WAPL com...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Submitted

GDG creation and update

* GDG creation * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** Create GDG using a yml artifact. The parameters in the yml is used to create and submit a job. test1.gdg __base: ____name: CDRD.DATA.TEST1 ____limit: 15 ____catalog: VC...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Submitted

more configurable BIND module for program level parameters

* BIND dynamically * *** this module is already developed by CIO *** The actual bind module parameters are staticly defined in the environment file. This doesn't allows set parameters by DBRM files. There should be a bind instruction file w...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Submitted

command and job executions using templates

* commands, jobs * (job_submit, shell_command, system_command, tso_command) Actually a developer can add any kind of commands/job to run which could be a risk (even if pull requests are reviewed). The pipeline user has higher authorites and ...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Submitted

Use artifact based deployments instead of hardcoded parameters in the environment file

* non artifact related modules * (ds_create, ds_delete, job_submit, shell_command, system_command, tso_command, template) These modules are using the environment file for reading configurations. The developer must edit this file for each dep...
3 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Wazi Deploy 0 Submitted

Table or file to add user AD groups for workspace access

We have large number of ADDI projects. We setup security of each project manually. As per current procedure we have to first add AD group under Admin portal -> configure -> user groups and then need to map that group with project ADDI worksp...
4 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Submitted

Move the IMS structures above the bar, 64-bit memory

As machines get bigger and faster, they process more IMS transactions per second and we need more storage to process this. We have run out of 31-bit storage. We'd like to move the IMS structures above the bar, 64-bit memory.
4 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

API toolkit will not convert the Cobol fields into all upper-case.

Now, when importing Service interface from COBOL copybooks using the z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition (EE) API toolkit, it automatically converts the fields in COBOL copybooks into all upper-case. I would like it doesn't convert the COBOL fields in...
5 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

If PCBs are passed as pointers, it is not supported in our PL1 compiler.

When clients want to see the relationship btw PL1 and IMSDB, it cannot shown. Since if PCBs are passed as pointers, it is not supported in our PL1 compiler. Background: In our client's current PL/I program, Program Communication Blocks (PCBs) are ...
13 days ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Submitted

Allow copying the contents of files containing null characters

Currently, when a user copies the contents of a file by pressing ctrl+shift+a and then ctrl+shift+c, the expected behavior would be to get the entire contents of the file in your clipboard, likely replacing any nonprintable whitespace characters w...
10 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Submitted

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