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Support command file in Eclipse

The ISPF dialog supports command files for recurring debugging problems. This is not available in the Eclipse dialog.We have a team of developers who quite often have to prepare a debugging session in the same way (e.g. intercept a specific subtas...
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement of Web Service Assistant for Enterprise PLI

When generating wsdl/wsbind files with the Webservice Assistant DFHLS2WS for all of our business services written in PL/I, we receive the message DFHPI9565E. DFHPI9565E: ALIGNED and UNALIGNED keywords are not supported for an entire structure. Thi...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

URIMAP and restfull api

When running RESTFUL API it will be nice if it is possible to run different tran names for the same URI based on the method GET/POST and so onso some users are only able to see datat but not update them we are using liberty in CICS
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Flag SQL Statements not followed by a test of SQLCODE

The SQL coprocessor should flag any EXEC SQL Statement which is not followed by a test for return information in variable SQLCODE.
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 9 Not under consideration

New COBOL Compile Option: Global ON SIZE ERROR

When you want to handle overflow conditions and want to avoid truncated fields you have to code the ON SIZE ERROR statement for all computational statements.This is tedious work.In addition any decimal overflows conditions were suppressed by Langu...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Display full graph with steps, programs and data sets in a batch job.

For visualizing the JCL of a batch job we can now choose between these Mainframe Graphs in AD: - 'Job Flow', which lists the steps within the job, but not the programs.- 'Job Callgraph', which shows the different programs being called, but does no...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

DSECT should be documented in COBOL

Serviceability
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

End-to-End Transaction Tracing from containerized service through DataPower to Mainframe (IMS)

With the industry’s focus on SRE it is critical to be able to trace an application transaction from the frontend application, through DataPower, to the various SoR(s) on the Mainframes. OpenTelemetry is a new standard allowing technical users to t...
about 1 year ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / All components 0 Not under consideration

Provide ability to Include/Exclude/OMIT zOS Conn LIST report.

CICS PA zOS Connect LIST report helps to format individual records as such. Currently it reports 40+ Fields. Can we be provided with option to OMIT fields that we dont want in the report. Can we be provided with Filter option to INCLUDE / EXCLUE r...
about 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Set LL value for IMS msg

A middleware application at the bank is responsible for sending data from branch applications back to IMS on the host and process the response back. The middleware team is looking to modernize this application to communicate to IMS using z/OS Conn...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration