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To enable an option in the COBOL compiler to get the DB2 integrated coprocessor behaves as the separated DB2 precompiler does

We have been using the COBOL 4.2 compiler for years in our shop. We have just begun to use the integrated SQL coprocessor, instead of the separated DB2 precompiler and we are experiencing problems with the continuation lines. The manual says the p...
about 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 48 Not under consideration

allow for zd&t docker image to be loaded from a repository

The customer would like to load the zd&t docker image from a repository of their choosing.
over 3 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

PARSE support for CSV files

Some of our systems are required to ingest CSV (Comma Separated Variable) files from other platforms. Presently we use SORT or other utility to convert the file to fixed format before passing it to COBOL for processing. In a few cases the COBOL pr...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Count number of calls of csects/subroutine/entry point - No 2

It's important to know how often a csect / subroutine / entry point is called so that you can differenciate if you spend a long time in a single csect / subroutine / entry point or visited several times. We want to know the number of calls of a sp...
about 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

64-bit support for C/C++ under CICS Transaction Server

One of our customers is creating a C/C++ application for financial services (broker). This application is running in a CICS transaction environment. Because of high transaction workload we are suffering storage constraint because C/C++ is still li...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Build Client CSD Parser should handle LIST GROUP

Currently the CSD parser will only handle a DFHCSDUP report produced with LIST LIST(.....). It does not use the output of a LIST GROUP(....) OBJECTS command
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Define sub-type SMF record in the extractor parameters

In the param file of the IZDS Extractor, we use the SMFREC parameter to define SMF record type to collect. We would like todefine sub-type of SMF record with ZCPA.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Update CICS/PA to utilize zIIPs

The product should be enhanced to offload to zIIPs to reduce the hardware cost of implementation.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

When a /STO SUBSYS and subsequent /STA SUBSYS is issued, IMS has to be restarted in order to make the dep regions pick it up

The customer needs IMS to be able to start subsystems SSM members dinamically when an external subsystem is having issues. Currently, if a sick subsystem is causing problems, issuing a /STO SUBSYS on the sick subsystem and /STA SUBSYS on another S...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Customer OPEL - Multiple cobol Nested Programs with same Program ID

The customer OPEL has a situation with multiple nested cobol Programs and most of the nested programs has the same Program ID(MAINPROG) and hence this is listed multiple times under cobol programs which customer feels difficult to understand becau...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration