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IDz SPOOL view show output in HEX

When using IDz's Remote System Explorer to view JES spool output, an option to view the hex values of the output should be given. Some program displays are not textual and seeing the underlying hex values is needed.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Provide Alert capability in Omegamon/IMS Classic for TPIPE QCT

The current alert facility in Omegamon/IMS Classic does not have the capability to inform a user that a particular TPIPE has something queued in it. The QCT field in the /DIS TMEMBER TPIPE command is what we want to be trapped and reported on.
over 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for IMS on z/OS / Product functionality 0 Future consideration

Javadoc for JZOS as JAR or ZIP

Make the javadoc for JZOS available in a method that can be imported into an IDE as a standard part of the Java order and install, such as a zip or JAR.
about 8 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

IDz (16.x) : Db2 for z/OS, DDL generation for the dependent UDF objects

Staring IDz 15.0.6 the DDL generation for the complex dependent UDF objects has been deprecated, this particular feature was working correctly until 15.0.5. In our site some appl. developers and DBA(occasionally) uses these features for their regu...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Future consideration

We ask for an new GEOPLEX Domain definition to support Three sites.

We use GDPS/MTMM and we need to support a true three site setup with three CECs and single lpars running on one of the three, but with GDPS support for having the LPAR moved between the three sites.We are basically looking for a solution as illust...
almost 7 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration

System Automation, add "members=yes" option to INGDATA

In System Automation for z/OS, add the "MEMBERS=YES" option to the INGDATA interface. This would behave the same as for the INGLIST command: expanding a passed APG name into its component members.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Provide real time indexing for z/OS sequential datasets

I'm not sure which workspace is appropriate - please help find a home for this? We generate terrabytes of log and SMF data every day, but much of it is hard to retrieve because of the amount of data. Could we have a splunk like model of indexing o...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Operational Log and Data Analytics 1 Not under consideration

deadlock detection across both IMS and DB2

Create a configurable mechanism for detecting and terminating deadlocks across IMS and DB2.
almost 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

CICS should shutdown when its initiated via EXCI program that issues a PERFORM SHUTDOWN

CBAC product could be made more useful to customers.
8 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Build Map to include Source PDS apart from GIT Path

As a part of COBOL Build the PDS from where a COPYBOOK/DCLGEN dependency is resolved can be extracted and stored in Build Map along with ISPF stats attached to the member. This will help in detecting changes made to the dependency when the COBOL e...
8 months ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Functionality already exists

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