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DFS3CATQ API with CONTCAT option

This is a curious case with the DFS3CATQ API that exists today when making separate calls to PENDING versus CURRENT IMS directories. I believe this error would not occur if we have the CONCAT option listed below. In this case we have HIDAM DBD tha...
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Future consideration

Need additional error message for failed Btachrep Delete

Running a Batchrep job that specified a series of remove commands gave no messages at all for each command until an invalid use of a generic value with the next command then reporting it had failed because of a previous error. REMOVE PROGDEF NAME(...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

Extend IDz editor for mass editing of Refactor function.

Hello In the IDz refactor option, there is a feature to remove noisy words. It works fine at each component level, but there is a future need to activate this noisy word for mass editing of multiple components at the same time. Please note this is...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Fix IBM JRE class redinition/retransformation

internal JTC Requirement (94991): The requirement is to 'Allow unloading ofall redefined classes except for the original (will be intermixed in theRAM/ROM segments with other classes) and the current'.Development team has agreed to analyse the fea...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Requesting a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry.

Requesting IBM to allow for a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry. Today it's only cleared at IPL.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

Option to save AOCTRACE globals, so can trace from NetView startup.

Tracing can easily be turned on using either command line or AOCTRACE panels, however, traces are not maintained over NetView restart. Please can an option be provided in AOCTRACE to allow saving of the aoctrace globals so tracing is restarted as ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Future consideration

AD Analyze client showing repeated job steps in the job flow graph

The job flow graph shows has the steps repeated multiple times. After investigation it was found out that it is happening due to two reasons:1. Less details are presented on the jobflow graph by design (program name or dataset name is not shown by...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Ability to override PARMs in ELAXFMFS proc through IDz Property Groups

Our IDz users, who use the IBM supplied ELAXFMFS proc, have let us know that they're unable to override the PARM specification (in this ELAXFMFS proc) through IDz. Typically, for all other ELAXF* procs, they're able to override PARMs using IDz ‘Pr...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Future consideration

SMU List job status widget

A widget that enables us to easily view and filter IZWS jobs and jobstreams as a list
over 3 years ago in IBM Service Management Unite 0 Future consideration