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New API EXEC CICS RUN TRANID for the CTS 5.4 with the existing terminal environment

We are strictly bound to an existing terminal (TCTTE - entry). The new API is interesting but worthless without TCTTE.
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Quiesce command with deallocate option for DB ALTER without an outage

IMS API or Command support is needed as to quiesce database access within IMS and to activate database metadata changes. IMS Tools reorganization utility will invoke it to perform the online reorganization and activate a database change without a ...
about 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IDz users should be able to use the special characters for their strong passwords ($@#.<+!&]*-%_>?:=).

Users can work in Belgium (one team) or in France (another team). The 3270 emulator is set to a code page 1148 or 1147 respectively. The IDz Eclipse GUI seems to assume or retrieve the default zOS code page IBM-037. There is no option to tell it t...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Indication of the COPYBOOK level in the Listing

In the compilation Listing, the source lines from a COPYBOOK are identified with a "C" character after the line number in the Listing. It is possible to call COPYBOOK from other COPYBOOK. However, the origin of a row is not necessarily easily iden...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Debug Tool - add support for protected assembler debugging

Current the Debug Tool does not support debugging of protected assembler modules making it impossible to debug some of our system exits and applications. I'd rather not have to switch to a product that supports this functionality since our user ba...
about 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support Apache V2.4+

Apache 2.4+ is out, and 2.2+ will be out of service by 12/31/17. The Apache HTTP Server Project will only provide maintenance releases of the 2.2.x flavor through June of 2017, and may provide some security patches beyond this date through at leas...
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Automation to export WebServices Project and import into a new workspace

Users would like to be able to copy WebServices Project from one workspace to another including the configuration without having to manually regenerate the project.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer should interface with RDz RSE Remote System Explorer

When using IMS Explorer, if no z/OS FTP server is available, the way to import / export IMS resources is to go through the local environment. In case a RDz RSE connection is available, it should be great that IMS Explorer should be able to use tha...
about 12 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

Component: Other Text- and Input Fields

Is it possible to add the function to cut text-field on defined character like in other component/option?Today it is possible so cut per Word/Character/Normal.
about 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 6 Not under consideration

Define/Exclude System Programs

The ability to define a list of programs as System Programs. There would be no expectation to provide source for these programs, so they would not appear in lists of 'missing' components. There would also be an ability to exclude them from graphs.
about 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration