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Accessing TCPIP-Network monitoring data from e3270UI

A complete view of the mainframe TCPIP-Network can only be realized by using two different agents: OMEGAMON XE FOR MAINFRAME NETWORKS NETVIEW ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT AGENT The Netview Enterprise Management Agent provides for example data for the int...
over 7 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for Networks on z/OS / Product functionality 2 Delivered

please create a dsect for SMF123-1

Please create an Assembler DSECT for SMF 123 records
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Support Reading zOS Datasets line by line

zOAU currently only supports reading zOS datasets from a given point to the end of the dataset, or the last x lines. When processing a very large dataset we need the ability to read a zOS dataset line by line to prevent memory problems. Can ZOAU b...
about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Delivered

RPP - Assigned Text to instances of all entity types

Hi, We would like to be able to read assigned text to entity in RPP the same way we did in Pacbase. It's much more convenient than reference search in RPP. Almost all of our macro-structures, programs, screens, etc… have assigned text before migra...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

RPP - List of Data Elements sorted by relational name

We would like to have the equivalent of the choice « LRE » in PACBASE for Data Elements' on-Line Access.
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Delivered

Timestamps on messages in z/OS Connect servers

The z/OS Connect EE V2 Server currently runs with 2 output files, being STDOUT and STDERR. None of the messages in either of these files have timestamps on them. Within z/OS, we need timestamps on messages so we can match together the events occur...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

CEMT Set WebService command with NEwcopy or PHasein option

I would have the possibility to run a rescan for only one Web Service after modifying his wsbind file without to have to discard and reinstall the webservice ressource. I guess the most appropriate is to have a CEMT Set Command with NEwcopy or PHa...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 13 Delivered

Update annotations via API

Annotations on artifacts and AD projects should be able to be changed via an API. Currently, annotations can only be set and changed via the preprocessor step in the Build Client or manually in the IDE integration. If annotation represents meta in...

RMTCMD SourceID Security

It is possible to get full NetView access for user driven commands. (Due to nature of this I wont describe how here - see the PMR for details).This should be fixed to prevent users from being able to get elevated access.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Delivered

Add zUnit support for Entry Statements

Currently, when trying to generate a zUnit test case on modules with ENTRY statements, the linkage isn't populated and the wizard is not usable. I have attached screenshots of the module we're trying to generate a test case for and what zUnit look...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Delivered