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Task history collection filters to reduce/control collection.

Task history collection collects records for all task in the region. We want to be able to filter on what tasks are collected. and only collect the records for tasks that pass the filters setup for the region. The filters could be, but not limited...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Extend GDPS Hyperswap Support to Linux for IBM Z

Currently when a GDPS HM Hyperswap occurs, all managed PPRC volumes under z/OS get switched to their secondary site UCB automatically and concurrent while the (z/OS) systems are up and running.Under Linux for IBM Z (in our case RHEL 8.2), to switc...
almost 4 years ago in GDPS 7 Planned for future release

The HSIJANLO needs to be able to use AT-TLS

We need a way to remove the weak handshake ciphers from the server side.
8 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 3 Planned for future release

Support for Software A.G.'s EntireX product

Extend your COBOL and Natural applications to the digital economy with APIs webMethods EntireX provides a cost-effective and efficient path for IT modernization and API enablement—whether you need to integrate mainframe assets into process applica...
about 3 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Convert old Raster fonts into TTF fonts

I would like to see the remaining raster fonts that are in the PCOMM font list to be converted into True Type Fonts (TTF) to accomplish a few things: 1) This would allow enabling of the font change option on a maximinzed window (in line with what ...
10 months ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

Sample code for zWS user exits (EQQUXnnn) should allow a TRACE for input parameters and return codes

For sample exit code provided in SEQQSAMP or generated from the exit workbench, it would help to be able to turn on a trace which lists the input parameters (normally pointed to via register 1) and the return code used to leave the exit, as this i...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Include ZOAU as part of base Python

If using Python on zOS it is very likely it will be required to access zOS resources and therefore ZOAU will be required. To reduce the overheads associated with installing and maintaining 2 x products, ZOAU should come as part of the base Python ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration

JSON PARSE error details

JSON PARSE error handling improvements - Expose Parse messages to application code. We continue to struggle with problem resolution when specific use cases cause unexpected results from web service calls, resulting in Parse failures. Displaying th...
10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Future consideration

UserBuild enabled IDEs to pass dependency set for uploading to USS

Problem: We are facing an issue where a certain type of programs dependencies are not being discovered during the user build. The program will compile just fine as long as the dependencies are available on USS. So one challenge is to get all the r...
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS 5 Future consideration

IDz: Add the "Open Member" function to the JCL Editor

When viewing/editing a JCL member with the JCL Editor, the Context Menu should support the "Open Member" function. This function is available in the Context Menu when viewing/editing a JCL member with the LPEX Editor but not with the JCL Editor.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration