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PassTicket support in IMS Connect API for Java when it is used to submit IMS type-2 commands to OM

Our program provides API services for various z/OS subsystems through Zowe Single-Sign-On (SSO) service. Any API service that supports RACF PassTicket can join this SSO. Db2 for z/OS supports PassTicket-based user authentication. To make all IMS s...
almost 3 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 2 Delivered

BOOLEAN-values in COBOL JSON-processing

We need a way to process booleans in conjunction with REST-Services in COBOL. As boolean-values are nothing extraordinary in web-applications, it is absolutely necessary to process them.
about 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Delivered

Add the ability to specify an FTP options for CICS explorer

When they use HFS file from CICS explorer and the outout of HFS file list ( ls -al output ) contains lower case charactors, it got gabage as KATAKANA charactors. Thisi cuase CICS explorere does not shows HFS file output. If customer use "KATAKANA"...
about 9 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Delivered

Display in JES the step that is currently executing

Today we see all the JCL steps. We need some indication of which JCL step is currently executing.
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 9 Delivered

Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Perform until exit

Now that COBOL finally has proper EXIT statements there should be a way to speciify an "infinite" loop, or rather a loop that has no explicit end condition but depends on the use of EXIT PERFORM (or EXIT PROGRAM, STOP RUN, GOBACK) to terminate the...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Delivered

Notify and TSO SEND aus JCLs

The NOTIFY Parameter in the Job Card and a TSO Send Command have no effect when using the RDz. The messages are send to the users TSO session. These messages should be send to the RDz session of the user.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 10 Delivered

Would like to have the DBB Userbuild Configuration parameters to be set one time (like with in the Property Group or other with other concept lile YAML/XML file)

This will reduce the developers effort when ever they build a DBB user Build
about 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

CDPz: support nonprintable characters for datatype 6 of SMF80DTA

System: Product Common Data Provider for z Systems Actor: User needing support for nonprintable characters for datatype 6 of SMF80DTA CDPz collects operational data from z/OS SMF, syslog, joblogs and other sources and sends to subcribers (analytic...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 2 Delivered

Provide a sample job for required RACF definitions

With DBB 2.0, when using the Db2 metadata store, the user connecting to the metadata store is required to be part of one of the 3 RACF groups (DBBADMNS,DBBUSERS,DBBGUEST). See also the IBM Doc - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dbb/2.0.0?topic=customiz...
about 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 4 Delivered

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