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Return profile attributes in INQUIRE PROFILE command

The INQUIRE PROFILE command should return all the attributes of a CICS profile definition.
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Bundled IBM JRE with AD installer

AD should be delivered with IBM JVM for Windows, so the dependency on Oracle JVM is removed. Oracle JVM with security fixes is not longer a free product.
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

There is a need for a new GLUE point in the DISABLE LIBRARY processing

When a user issues a DISABLE LIBRARY command to CICS (either directly, or indirectly via a DISABLE BUNDLE) then one of CICS' obligations is to de-allocate the library. While Xpediter maintains an open handle against the DCB there is no possible wa...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

ADDi - support of different code page in the same library

If you have 2 differents codes page in the same dataset, you can't create a filter based on a patern on the file. Only on the dataset level. An option as we can specify the filter name of the file you want in the dataset can be good.
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Folders are not getting cleaned for the old gdb databases in \data\tmp\gdb

We are on v5.0.5.2 and we having a multiple folders for a project in \data\tmp\gdb folder. Seems that when project is being re-built, an older version of gdb database folder is still remaining. Looks like that either something is not quite ok with...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Change panel CSLUPAA (SPOC) to support wider screen sizes.

This deficiency locks the user into a *x80 form factor even when using a wider screen sizes. This causes the user to waste time scrolling left and right in a very narrow window. I can supply an alternative version of the CSLUPAA panel that support...
almost 2 years ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

Need IDz Web service custom converter to support array truncation

CICS Web service assistant DFHLS2WS has this new option TRUNCATE-NULL-ARRAYS. IDz supports it too but only for CICS bottom-up Web service projects with interpretive XML conversion type.
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

zUnit: support for nested programs

We have some Cobol programs in which nested programs are used. Unfortunately, this is not currently supported by zUnit.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

Port patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 from zOS for IBM i

Please port the patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 which is for zOS to IBM i, the same error exists in the sources of the IBM i hash function.
over 3 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

Identify datasets from JCL DCB

Model datasets which are present in DCB are not getting identified by ADDI. Sample - dataset name PRRG.MODEL.DSCB present in below JCL step. FVROUT0 DD DSN=&ID.&HLQ..&TLQ.NDRGVDMP.&JOBNAME(&GENOUT),DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),DCB=(PRR...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

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