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CICS Explorer: Present list of BATCHREP dataset members

When using the new "Batched Repository Update Job Operation" and you have entered your dataset name then if you have a zOS connection active then a list of members for that dataset could be presented. Currently I believe it saves a list of previou...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 5 Delivered

Separation of z/OS SYSLOG Message ID and Message Text in Humio

Today, if the SYSLOG/OPERLOG is transferred via CDP (Log Forwarder > Data Streamer) to Humio using HTTP(S), the message id, message text, commands and so on as part of a SYSLOG record, are NOT separated in fields. The whole string of message id...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Delivered

DFSSQQRY - support for the message age in # of minutes.

IMS Queue Control Facility has RFE 54740 submitted by Banco Itau.The RFE 54740 indicates that the QCF AGE parameter in # of minutes is required.QCF is currently calling DFSSQQRY FUNC=QTYPE with the value of the QCF AGE parameter set to the MSGAGE ...
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Delivered

Add the capability to overrule/override a specific file to transfer it as binary

Add the capability to overrule/override a specific file to transfer it as binary.The capability to specify file transfer type explicitly in dialog makes sense, as well as a capability see the transfer information for a file/member seems apt.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Delivered

DFHDPLOY getting RC 8 for Autoinstalled PGMs

DFHDPLOY is returing RC8 if the PGM not found, the ones which are being installed by autoinstall PGM.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Enhanced processing of invalid characters in HEXDECODE

The newly introduced HEXDECODE builtin, according to its description, will raise the error condition if the buffer contains any character other than '0123456789ABCDEFabcdef', leaving it to the support staff or programmer to find the offending char...
over 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Allow Basic Authorization in API Requester Using CICS

Currently no authorization header is being passed when using API Requester in CICS. This allows anyone with access to the CICS region to run the API Request regardless of whether or not they exist in the GlobalInvokeGroup in the server.xml. IMS an...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

JES - retrieve job display LPAR/member name

When retrieving jobs, a list is displayed of jobs which match the entered pattern/criteria. Please add LPAR/SYSNAME/Member Name to the displayed info
over 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

CICSPA dashboards for Elastic

Hello, Barclays is Elastic Stack user and it would be nice if CICS PA dashboard tool that is being developed would be created not only for Splunk, but also for Elastic too.
over 4 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

New datatype for long strings (> CHAR(32767))

For strings longer than CHAR(32767) we need a new datatype that can manage strings with length up to 2^31 Bytes. This datatype also should accept an attribut VARYING. Example:DCL field CHARLONG (200000) VARYING; -> In this case the storage allo...
over 10 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Delivered