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pipe PARSE function in EDIT STage should permit the utilization of Hex Strings.

Command output may have data separators of specific hexstrings instead of the standard X'40' Currently the Edit stage does not permit the usage of hexString in the PARSE function which indicates you cannot separate the data.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Data Classification Scanning Tool/Application

Please develop a tool/application that does the following: -Scans datasets across the entire environment--IMS, DB2, * etc-Scans datasets for configurable patterns--Example: Scans for xxx-xx-xxxx-Aggregates names of datasets found with patterns for...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

User or Tool configured data to accompany a dataset

Please develop functionality to allow a "flag/mark" on a dataset that can then be reported by zSecure or other tools, this mark would be user configurable or configurable by the tool mentioned in the associated RFE. Ideally this could be a dataset...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Support IMU Explorer functions in IBM Developer for z and IBM Z Open Editor

IMU Explorer is a stand-along Eclipse utility and for customers using IDz or IBM Z Open Editor, it provides a disconnected experience for end users. Developers have to manage the connection and configuration separately and the workspace is separat...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Migration Utility for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Support ability to compare a current segment layout field with a previous segment layout field.

File Manager supports creating templates that map segmented records. A segmented record is one where different portions of the record are mapped with different layouts. The template has to know how to identify which possible segment layouts apply ...
11 months ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Need a reliable means to identify all tapes associated with a given dump

If a dump spans more than one tape, you must include all tape numbers on the dump post processing request to obtain the complete dump. If you do not include all tape numbers, the post processing will complete with abend code 2999. Although a tape ...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

improved monitoring: more messages and quicker

current monitoring does not show all errors, and sometimes shows errors that have been corrected. Monitoring should also be quicker - status of compute nodes should have enough priority to show problems in near-real-time.
11 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Future consideration

Stateless non-use Tpipes to be cleared after 2 checkpoints instead of 3

Currently stateless non-use tpipes are cleared after 3 checkpoints. Due to potential high volume of stateless tpipes would like the system to clear them sooner to avoid resource shortages. This specifically comes into play for us due the increased...
over 2 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Future consideration

COBOL Editor Toggle Comment

Toggle Comment function isn't able to return to previous state. Sample: If you use toggle comment (CTRL+/) for several marked lines and there was already a commented line in one of those lines, the result may not be the expected one. In that case,...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Future consideration

Add Name-Value Pair (NVP) area to the Dumps captured in the file system for the z/TPF Debugger

We'd like the Name-Value Pair (NVP) area added to the Dumps captured in the file system for the z/TPF Debugger because with increased use of Name-Value Pairs for saving information useful in Troubleshooting and for Realtime Runtime Metrics Collect...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Future consideration