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RPP 9.5.1 Date computing, date comparison micropatterns and lowercase

Lower case letter operands are not recognized for dates micropatterns (*!DAD, *!DCD, *!DCF etc….)
over 6 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

need pushtoclient to export multiple RSE connections from the same host

RSE connections to the same push to client primary hostname are not exported with push to client export wizard. This restriction is documented on the RDz 9.1.1 Infocenter: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQ2R2_9.1.1/com.ibm.etools.z...
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

add MQMD_EXPIRY in DFSYDTx for MQ destination descriptor

Hello, we currently use DFSYDTx member in PROC lib to define MQ destination descriptor for IMS transaction to send out message to MQ queue, but there is no MQMD_EXPIRY parameter, we don't know how to set expiry time for the MQ message.
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Protect Debug Tool Host against internal Abends

DebugTool should be loaded into protected storage to prevent that significant debugger-moduls are overriden by an user-program.
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Threadsafe START and CANCEL commands

START and CANCEL commands are not threadsafe, and if run under OTE, would result in TCB switching to take place whenever these commands are encountered. These switches adversely effect the performance of the application.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

CICS EXPLORER Colouring background of views

As discussed in several talks with IBM , we would like to have the CICS Explorer views backgrounds coloured in the following manner : Give each view of the CICS Explorer its own Background Colour depending on its function : CICS Operation function...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

API to set markers on user entity fields and show them on entity editor

Some user entities are quite complex and require advanced consistency rules. Coherence rules exist at the meta entity level, but are not always enough.We are able to define our own control through a plugin. it is possible to set a marker on the en...
over 9 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Support of the VIPA address

We use the IMS Enterprise Suite Version 3.1 SOAP Gateway on z/OS. When we send a command " iogmgmt -view -correlatorfile all" by a batch, we get the following error messages : IOGS0129E: Management Utility commands cannot be sent from a remote hos...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Support for MQ in Assembler

We need support for MQ in Assembler.Please see PMR for all details.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Host Graphics capability to PComm similar to HOD

RFE opened as per suggestion by IBM im PMR 36247,122,000. Add Host Graphics capabilities to PComm similar to HOD. See PMR for details.
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration