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Support section stack frames in IDz v14.1 and z/OS debugger 14.1

The current a limitation in standard mode debug engine can represent a paragraph as a stack frame in visual debugging, but it cannot represent a section as a stack frame. We need IDz v14.1 and z/OS debugger to support section stack frames in visua...
almost 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

change DBMDT so no localhost definition are needed

the current LOCATHOST setup needed for DBM / DBMDT can cause problems with other domains
almost 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Delivered

VFAFILL=NO support for more macros

The new parameter VFAFILL of the macro FINDC (apar PJ46019) is a very good thing for the RECOUP. We would like to use it on some of our processes but it only exists for the FINDC macro. Could you provide us with the VFAFILL parameter on the other ...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

CICS-PA Exception summary report

The CICS Exception Reports (Summary) provides good information summarizing the Exception class data based on Transaction ID. Unfortunately this report doesn't include the APPLID. 1. Please include or make provision to include APPLID field in the s...
about 10 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Show difference between member generations

DSC shows the list of member generations introduced with z/OS 2.1. Additionally to such a list it is needed that DSC shows the difference between generated members.
about 10 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Exclude Program from Side File Search

We need a possibility to define a general list of excluded programs from Side File Search. Perhaps it can be realized in IDICNF00 as suboption to FAISPFopts (like HISTCOL).
about 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 3 Delivered

HATS to strip blanks from end of extracted fields

Give the HATS macro editor the ability to designate specific fields that would have blanks stripped from the end of fields. For example macro variables that extract numeric data would strip off the blanks on left side of the data, so that only the...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Delivered

map/rename DB2RestfulServices respose in zCEE

When connecting a DB2Rest service we need the ability to rename/remap/filter the response structure.Today the "ResultSet Output" item is always there - ugly.There is a mapping feature in the tool, but all that happens is that the swagger is change...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

FA - Better control of amount of storage collected into dump file

Sometimes during dump investigation we are missing relevant data in FA's dump data collection. We need more control over the amount and kind of data included in a dump data set. This enhanced control should be possible on installation wide basis a...
about 10 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide detailed descriptions of all AD Reports

Provide detailed descriptions of all AD Reports either as part of the documentation or in help files. This should also be part of the training.