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PTF Ordering Authorisation for z D&T products

We have multiple business partners who does not own the real z H/W, but own z D&T. They need to develop multiple versions or releases of their product based on various z/OS system components. But the PTF level of z D&T library can't be con...
about 7 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Keep cursor position after selection

When navigating from fe the "CICSplex Regions Summary"-screen to the "CICS Task Summary" and back to "CICSplex Regions Summary", the cursor is positioned at the top left position of the screen.If you want to take the same action on the next CICS-r...
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

With IDz EST SOAP, allow Copy Books to be added from level >1 and allow Request/Response from different copybooks

With IDz Enterprise Service Tools SOAP bottom up method, allow the Copy Books to be "started" from level >1. Allow different copybooks to be used for Request and Response. This is the primary problem, but there were a few other limitations the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

MODIFY SEND command should work for DBCS code pages.

MODIFY SEND command should work for DBCS code pages.
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

Provide the same functionality in TIM as provided by UI17396

UI17396 provided a new function implemented into the Debug Tool exit EQAD3CXT. Unfortunately it was not included in TIM (most important since the DTU panels are not used by our customers) and not included in the GUI like the PD Tools Studio. The f...
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Support HTML

WIth the advent of HTML 5 capable browsers, HATS should support new HTML5 syntax and elements, and should eliminate deprecated HTML elements.HATS should also provide CSS layout over Table based layout to further support HTML 5 layouts.
over 10 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

Add controll to display +EQA9999W messages for TCPIP errors

With the ability to start DT through modified CEE modules containing the DT LE exits the possibility for EQA9999W message increases drastically. Not every developer set TEST to NOTEST in his userid.DBGTOOL.EQAOPTS ds. This can lead to a flooding o...
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Find Unreachable Variables using RDz

Enhance RDz to find dead or unreachable variables in a COBOL or PL/I file. Usually when I get asked this question, I reply with the ?identify unreachable code' option available in COBOL and hopefully soon in PL/I, but that doesn't get very far. Wh...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

ICH408I in the SPOC job instead of in the IMSOM started task

Security exceptions for SPOC should appear as close to the action that caused the exception as possible. For example, a batch job with PGM=CSLUSPOC should include the ICH408I message in the batch job.
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

AD Alanlyze Client for Apple Mac

Need to have a version of the Analyze Client for use with Apple Mac devices.
about 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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