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Pop-up / alert message when JES job completes

Would like some form of notification (pop-up) when job completes. May be configurable to pop up or not.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

CPSM batch utility (other than REXX) to perform CPSM API actions

There isn't any way to write our own application to perform CPSM API actions against CPSM objects. It is possible just using REXX run-time interface to write an API program, but there is a restriction in our environment that we are not able to use...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IMS Explorer - Security improvement

The userid/pswd fields are exposed in cleartext when looking at the network traffic using a trace.This can be a serious security exposure, depending on the business and if the user use the same userid/pswd in production and development environments.
over 6 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Propagate unique ID's across entire flow of z/OS Connect

Propagate unique ID's across entire flow of z/OS Connect.. Best approach would be, ZCEE internally generates a REQUESTID for each instance when logging SMF 123 records.. Same ID can be passed back part of RESPONSE through BAQCSTUB parameter for ca...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Access to Edit Macros from Menu Manager

Many companies have created a large amount of utilities and macros in ISPF over the years. One of the obstacles implementing RDz is for those Edit Macros which are not covered by RDz functionality. A simple solution to cover some of these would be...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Prevent un-necessary Paging Delays when 'freed' CICS storage is reused.

CICS needs to be able to eliminate or reduce the overhead of paging that occurs for pages of private virtual storage that have been released (i.e. EXEC CICS FREEMAINed) to the CICS Storage Manager. Especially costly are Page-Ins from Page Datasets...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect EE Requester support for z/OS Connect SERVICES

We would like the ability to call z/OS Connect Services from mainframe programs in addition to APIs.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Option to ignore future CRRDG7800W messages

Debug sessions need not be secured and msg "CRRDG7800W debug session not secured" is displayed upon every invocation of a debug session. This is a minor annoyance to developers and also causes CICS transactions to wait on TCPIP indefinitely if the...
over 6 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

OXES should have log scanning and filtering capability

Logs from z/OS, DFSMShsm and even DFSMSrmm can be a valuable resource to the storage administrator. OMEGAMON For Storage should be able to process a log with user defined filters to isolate certain error or operational events. Information from the...
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON AI for Storage / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Improve CQS design to access IMS Logger Structure

Following the MVS System Logger's current design, reported by pmr 23734,228,631, the ASYNC logger calls to a CF Logger structure result in extra SRB schedule and processing for the logging explorers. Now that we are aware of this, if the logger ca...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

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