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Improve JOBREC to include RESTFUL Web Services

Today, it's impossible to call a RESTful web service via Z/OS agent (Zcentric) using /JOBREC card.To do this, we must use DWC specific plugin or call the web services via a script.
about 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Need Capability of deploying to more than one target application region from Manage Bundle Deployment

We have Multiple LPARS and Multiple CICS Regions (200+). We ar exploring the uses of CICS Managed Bundle Deployment with CICSPLEX. We need to ability to specify more than one cics application region in the pom.xml document. Each LPAR has several e...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

JMR function is not available in RDz

JMR function which will display all the previous runs(days,months, years) of production jobs is not available in RDz
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

CPSM API Threadsafe

CPSM API to made threadsafe, in line with IBM recommendation for customers to write applications using threadsafe techniques.
about 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

VSAM CLOSE TYPE=T FLUSH

Allow CLOSE TYPE=T to be issued for a VSAM file so that the HURBA is externalized to the VSAM catalog. Originally entered as SHARE requirement SSCICS0911 in 2009.
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Provide easy method to do a migration from a very old zWS release (example 8.6) to a newer one (example 9.5 or 10.1)

Currently, program EQQICTOP cannot be used to migrate FROM certain releases to other RELEASE. For example you cannot migrate from 8.6 to 9.5 in a single run of EQQICTOP, but you can migrate from 8.6 to 9.3 using an invocation of a 9.3 level of EQQ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Provide a batch mode for the CreatePasswordFile utility

At the moment, the CreatePasswordFile utility requires an interactive console which prompts the user for the password. This idea is about to extend the CreatePasswordFile util and supply a batch mode: The user supplies both the password file locat...
about 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

Application Discovery Support of Assembler ASM IMS Calls

Customer has assembler programs that accesses IMS database via ASMTDLI calls. Without the support for ASMTDLI, customer would not be able to have a complete view of the IMS database usage.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with z/OS Connect JSON

System: z/OS connect Enterprise EditionUSER needs z/OS Connect REST clients to be tolerant readers by default. currently they are not tolerant readers by default, Object value has to be explicitly mentioned in the OpenAPi file + a Size has to fore...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Provide "Batch Execution" feature in File Manager Plug-in

New format Case Number: TS003037937 Provide a "Batch Execution" feature as part of relevant File Manager functions that can be performed using the IDz plug-in, e.g. Data Set Compare. If this feature is requested the FM plug-in will create a JCL de...
about 5 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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