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REPLTEXT statements should also support the RENAME STAMP/NOSTAMP option

Users requested the ispf stats be updated so as to know when a member was modified by the REPLTEXT
8 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

RDz V9 CLOSES ALL OPEN ARTIFACTS WHEN A TIME OUT OCCURS

In version 9.0, when you are performing analysis on programs, JCL, copybooks, etc. and a time out occurs, all artifacts are closed. In previous versions of RDz, a time out of the z/OS connection left the programs, copybooks, JCL and all tabs open....
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Issue an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE), if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used to reformat a date-time value

I would like to get an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE) issued, if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used on any DATETIME or TIMESTAMP invocation, like in this code example: dcl out char(80) var; out = 'Run from: ' !! subStr(dateTime...
9 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Enhance usability of REPATTERN built-in function by making 3rd argument optional

While DATETIME and TIMESTAMP built-in functions do have a default pattern supported, for REPATTERN both patterns must always be specified, like in the following code example: dcl saveDT char(17);saveDT = dateTime(); out = 'Run from: ' !! rePattern...
9 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Enter button hasn't expected effect on a files selection in z/OS project view

The previous fix provided by IBM (in zExplorer 3.1 et 3.2 december 2020) does'nt work in z/OS project view. It only had been fixed in remote systems view. The development team considere TS011260613 as a enhancement request. Can you please make the...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Enhance description on the number of occurrences

** Context **My customer consolidated ZWS controller from 20 to 1 for improving operability. With the consolidation, the number of occurrences in one CP became 20 times larger, specifically from 30,000 occurrences per CP to 600,000 occurrences in ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Delivered

Control who will be proxy of proxies, in an environment where there are several sysplex (each one with his own proxy)

There is no way to control which Sysplex Proxy TEMS becomes (or can become) the PLEXVIEW proxy. It is done on a first arrive first serve basis. Every Sysplex proxy TEMS checks on a regular basis to see if there is a PLEXVIEW proxy. If there isn't,...
over 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 4 Delivered

Validate BPXWDYN parms in DBB toolkit

I am receiving the following error when compiling a cobol module Caused by: com.ibm.dbb.build.BuildException: BGZTK0016E An error occurred running BPXWDYN command 'alloc dd(TMP00004) shr'. I know this is caused by a blank property value but I cann...
about 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 5 Delivered

Add support for 64-bit storage to EXEC CICS INQUIRE STORAGE

GETMAIN64 was added with CICS/TS 5.1, however the INQUIRE STORAGE command still only returns 4-byte address values, and has no option for HIGH DSA pools.This is a request to add a INQUIRY STORAGE64 command for high DSA pools, so developers can dia...
almost 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Providing capability within GUI to download/export Audit Log and Dataset Dashboard information to provide to auditors.

M&T Bank team shared that this would be helpful for them in showing the audit log information to auditors without requiring them to give access to EKMF Web directly. They mentioned that this capability was something they'd automatically expect...
about 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 0 Delivered

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