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Add to Cics policies the ability to include or exclude specific transaction names.

We need to specify Cics policies to cancel transactions that exceed a specific response time, excluding some long-running ones or those with another allowed threshold. For example, all A* transactions can last for 5 seconds at most, except for ABC...
6 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration

Validation check function update

In March 2022, we will switch Microfocus's configuration management system (ZMF) to BMC's ISPW.After switching to ISPW, the validation check function that is executed by connecting to ZMF cannot be used.Therefore, please update so that the validat...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Enhance Version Output for Python to Include APAR/PTF Level

To assist in bridging the gap between non-z/OS maintenance methods and traditionally understood z/OS maintenance methods, having the PTF level of the build would be helpful in the `python3 -VV` output. As it stands, IBM's communication is strictly...
2 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0

Remote C/C++ Editor Development

Users have been asking to have two vertical rulers in the C/C++ Editor : 1 line for the end of the code (at 72 characters) and 1 for the end of the program file (80 characters). Moreover, as for the COBOL editor, a ruler at the top of the C editor...
3 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Submitted

license cobolscript interpreter on your platform. http://www.cobolscripting.com

small cobol interpreter tool for cobol programmers.
16 days ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Enhance IMS FP Tools to provide automated recommendations for optimal DEDB tuning parameters.

When using IMS FP Tools for DEDB tuning with FPA, the tool should be enhanced to analyze the following data from the DB Pointer Checker report and provide direct recommendations for optimal UOW, ROOT parameters, and ADS allocation size: Overflow u...
about 1 month ago in IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS / Fast Path Advanced Tools 1 Planned for future release

Add High Water Mark indicator of a Storage Group or a Volume in ZPCA tables

High Water Mark indicator will be useful for our stockage team to find out if a Storage Group or a Volume is big enough.
6 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

IMS ABEND at IRLM ABEND in non-XRF and non-FDBR IMS

In case of IRLM abend, IMS closes and stops all opened DBs and DEDB areas. It takes a while to close and stop these databases, therefore certain period of time is needed to recover from the outage.For XRF and FDBR enabled IMS, there is an APAR to ...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Allow copying the contents of files containing null characters

Currently, when a user copies the contents of a file by pressing ctrl+shift+a and then ctrl+shift+c, the expected behavior would be to get the entire contents of the file in your clipboard, likely replacing any nonprintable whitespace characters w...
about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Submitted

Allow for JSON based Identity Propagation

Update CICS TG RAR to support container-based authentication from OpenLiberty that utilized JWT/Bearer token support. If a client presents JWT and this JWT is validated by the OpenLiberty runtime via feature OIDC with JWT: OpenID Connect Client 1....
about 1 month ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

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