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Need IDz v16 to be installable with Installation Manager

IDz v16 is currently only installable via Eclipse P2: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6826641 Installation process of earlier versions was with Installation Manager and it would be easier to upgrade to v16 if IM was also available.
about 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Future consideration

Enhance the z/OS Explorer CM plugin​ to support MFA

CICS Configuration Manager V5.4Our application teams have requested the ability to use the CM plugin as an alternative to the ISPF panels. In order to achieve this we would require the CM plugin be enhanced to support MFA.
about 5 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Explorer 0 Future consideration

IDz: Allow IDZ user build variables to be generated from RTC language definition/translator instead of manually via IDz Prefs

In an IDz user build, DDNAMEs using variables as STEP RCs in a build have to be defined manually in the context of the z/os project.Normally, the STEPS and initBuild are defined as properties of the language definition by navigating to IDz Window/...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

Allow to assign one operator to an APL and/or MTR

Some resources are highly mission critical. Actions against those resource have been immediatly be processed.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Canzlog Print - Need additional Option for easy use

For CANZLOG is a new PRINT option via APAR available. That was great !But after my first try to use it on the simplest way ... I failed. In our company the CANZLOG was not used only by automation admins which have know how about filters and the ma...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Custom Content-Type for Authorization Server Header

I am working with IBM Connect Enterprise Edition version 3.0.48. We would like a way to customize the content-type header that is being sent to get a JWT from our specified authorization server. The authorization server we are using is built as a ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Misidentification of IMS Segment

This RFE is to improve the identification of graph elements when using IMS CBLTDLI and EXEC DLI calls. In this situation (case TS004447136 Escalation SRR: 31080) BILRTP00.16969 is misidentified and shown in the graph as an IMS database segment.Thi...

Support Applicationgroups in LTP

Description:It should be possible to add or delete complete application groups in the LTP. We need the same support for application groups in LTP as in CP (Add Group / Delete Group) Use case:Currently I can only add or delete a single occurrence i...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Time-Dependency-Flag in LTP

So it should be possible to display and change the time dependency flag for an operation in LTP. A single letter field with Y/N that can be changed in addition to the operation IA that could already be modified in the LTP. Use case:When we want to...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Modify the workstation of operations in the LTP

We want to have the option to modify the workstation when adding an application into the LTP. So we can use the same methods in LTP as in CP. Use case:Very often we get requests like: 1. Plan the application X for date Y. Only the jobs 10 to 12 sh...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration