IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

All ideas

Showing 4819

Add a list of groups to z/os Connect globalInvokeGroup

The globalInvokeGroup element only allows a single group (assume RACF group profile), however, we need multiple RACF group profiles in order to support our development and testing. This would be similar to the multiple group support provided in th...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Service Project Editor Enhancement

When there is a change to the mainframe CICS program’s commarea structure, the only way to get the changes in, is to Import the entire changed structure and do all the Interface mappings all over again! This potentially causes issues if we are not...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref)

CICS to returne a error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref). Currently we get DFHPG0002 and DFHSM0002 error messages in CICS log when CICS try to freemain the storage and this has already been freemain in a business app...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE - Enable ID Assertion at individual API requester level

ID Assertion capability (to propagate security credentials from z/OS Applications onto z/OS Connect EE) got introduced with 3.0.24. It is a valuable one. But it can be configured ONLY at Global level (zosconnect_apiRequesters) within a runtime. Th...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Cobol JSON PARSE to EBCDIC

It should be possible to parse a JSON that is in ebcdic. When using JSONs as a dynamic way to store data or to send data between mainframe applications, we always have to convert the generated JSON to EBCDIC and convert it back to UTF-8 in order t...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 8 Delivered

Export the data in ‘Data Elements' window to spreadsheet.

If we can export this into a spreadsheet, we can perform the following: 1. Use the Data element analysis and filter on different columns. E.g. filter on unused (reference count zero) variables. 2. Sum up the pic clause in spread sheet – to count t...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

CICS Explorer - The ability to set the Contxt and Scope fields

We require the ability to set our Context and Scope in a quick and efficient manner. Expanding the tree view in the CICS Explorer and the CICSPlex Repository views is not acceptable. In a large complex environment there can be thousands of entries.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Allow multiple API Requesters for an API

Currently, when deploying API Requester whose target API is already defined in another API Requester, an error message similar to this is logged in message.log: BAQR1105E: z/OS Connect EE API requester name GeoAccount-Go-API_2.0.0 in /amex/zosconn...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Expand Column Width of table entries

Some views like the "Remote Monitor" View e.g. for "my jobs" consist of table columns. When a developer changes the column width and then closes and reopens the view, the column widths earlier are no longer used. The column width goes to a default...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 7 Delivered

Automate the steps to create, configure, import, and build an AD project (through a batch process)

An automated system and the configuration of an AD project as well as the import of resources and a final build is currently only partially possible.At the moment, the creation of an AD project with certain configurations (such as ProjectName, Pat...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Delivered

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.