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Automatic rename of '*' fields when compiling with TEST() option

From the Enterprise PL/I Programming Guide: Any variable declared with an * for its name will not be visible when using DebugTool. Additionally, if an * is used as the name of a parent structure or substructure, then all of its children will also ...
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Provide option to copy zFS logs to VSAM files

Team, Please add functionality into z/OS Connect code to provide an option to copy the zFS logs to VSAM Files. Thanks, Pawan.
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer ability GLUE Disable / Enable or TRUE

To new copy a program; need to Disable and Enable in the new copy process; presently do it this way: CECI DISABLE PROG(U8D1XMEO) EXITALL <<--can't be done in Explorer CECI SET PROGRAM(U8D1XMEO) NEWCOPY <<-can be done in Explorer CECI...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

As an ADDI user, I would like to have CONTAIN/Includes replaced in WA, so that it can be comparable to ADDI Client dialogs

The Fiducia rep notes: There is an inconsistency between the edge info-pop relationship type (CONTAIN) and what is described in the properties pane (Includes) – see number 3 in list of the attached Word document. Also client wants consistency with...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Wazi Analyze 3 Not under consideration

RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only

RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only and not by type-based order like when listing a mix of non-migrated and migrated (DFSMShsm HMIGRATE) datasets. This is currently by design. No doubt, if ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

Support BIDI in DB2 REST API

Support BIDI in DB2 REST API
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

CICS PA Submitting of HDB batch jobs

CICS PA for the HDB creation builds the job/s into a single job that has multiple jobs inside of that single job. That doesn't work well for production standards, where we have to execute jobs thru a scheduling tool. Would like to have that proces...
over 8 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Required few more fields in MFViews & RI dependies table in SQL box for DB2 Enrichment

we could use this ADDI data to replace our Db2 ‘Enrichment’ process where we pull in additional dependant tables required because applications use certain views, or tables that have referential integrity (RI) defined. However, looking at the data ...
almost 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Addition to Personalize my Workspace in IDz

On a new page of the Personalize my Workspace wizard we would like the option to add User Specified Pages. There are some settings which we want to change when switching to a new workspace, not just for the SCLM plugin. We don't need an interface ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Increase TOS Message limit to 512 or 1024 characters

ETOS.EXE has to truncate messages to 255 characters. This limit should be extended to 512 or 1024 characters so that every message sent to a tpf host's console can be captures.
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Not under consideration

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