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Ability to track older version of compiled cobol code

My customer is interested in tracking other versions of Cobol below 5.2. They have a utility to run against there cobol loadlibs that produces the different levels and counts but they have no way of determining when and how often they are used. Th...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 12 Not under consideration

DFS2291I: include IMSID in the SHORT message

Change the LONG form of DFS2291I lock timeout message to be a multi-line WTO, to make it easier for Automation products to extract the necessary data from the individual messages, in order to take action such as cancel the top lock blocker. At pre...
over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

CREATE A NEW CPSM USERID/SIGNON AFFINITY TYPE.

We found that affinity USERID/SIGNON in a trangroup has a limitation: if an AOR fails and has to be restarted, this type of affinity will not allow the signed on user to route another transaction to the this AOR.'EYUWR003W -The affinity AOR APPLID...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Option to select levels other than 01 as the service interface

z/OS Connect API Toolkit~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When importing Service copybooks with multiple data structures, provide support for structures that start at levels higher than 01. Example:We have copybooks containing multiple data structures which, wit...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Verify the Startup of a CKTI Message

It would be nice that there was a Message displayed at CICS Initialization ,using MQONN, indicating the CKTI transaction/s successfully connected or failed to MQ at CICS Initialization time.
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Allow dynamic setting of database name and datastore name in IMS DB connectionFactory

Currently the IMS DB connectionFactory is unique to each datastore and database (PSB). So if your zOS Connect server supports five API serviced by IMS DB connections and they use five different PSB as they are application specific then you would n...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CICS to provide an application setting that indicates the success level of a transaction

Business analytics requires knowing more about a transaction than just the CPU and elapsed time. The only current indicator of success is the abend code, which is too coarse an indicator. Did the transaction complete successfully? To what degree? ...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Code Review for C

We noticed that code review for C and C++ code is available in Rational developer for AIX and Linux, is it possible to include it on IdZ?
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Enhance AD to be able to parse and perform source analysis on Systematics Core Banking proprietary application

The Systematics Core Banking Solution offers end-to-end solutions for architecture, customer information (Relationship Manager), deposits (IMPACS & Savings Time), lending (Advanced Lending Solution Servicing Manager), and financial and managem...
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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