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Compatibility mode option for Cobol compiler

We would like to have a compile option to prevent usage of new compiler functions provided via PTFs. Starting with COBOL V5+ IBM delivers fixes besides with new functions every 2 months. Right now there is no way to prevent users from using thes...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide update to ZCEE request and response payloads in interceptors

Provide update access to the request and response payloads within an interceptor module. This is to provide simple support for encryption / decryption, tokenization, and other security functions. The data would be decrypted by the pre-invoke metho...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Not under consideration

Using Secured Connections with ICSF-based Certificate Keys

Establishing secured connections for IDz requires a security certificate. When this certificate is installed in RACF, there are two options for the private key; maintain within RACF or maintain with ICSF. This request is to have the ICSF-based key...
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

System event and/or policy for excessive wait time on ENQ

It would be very helpful to have the ability to set a system event, and a policy, that would detect situations where any arbitrary but selectable ENQ has either 1) been held for at least a specified period of time and/or 2) is being waited upon by...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

show the transactions which is using the program

When set program phasein, if the program is in use, CICS will load the new load module for all the new program call. But the tasks running still use the old load module till all the tasks which are using this program end. Current there is no way t...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Restore previous API status after z/OS Connect restart

When restarting z/OS Connect it starts every API which has been deployed to it not matter if it was started or stopped before the shutdown. We would like z/OS Connect to restore the status an API had before the shutdown.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Formatter doesn't work as expected

The Formatter for PL/I programs only works when programs are preprocessed because of our internal prepro-macros.Sometimes literals are set to upper-case!
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 6 Not under consideration

RDZ needs to support panels and groups for use with SDF2

Uploading RDz changes into SDF II. Want CICS screen changes made in RDz able to be loaded into SDF II libraries to keep code consistent. This will allow users to make CICS screen coding changes in SDF II and RDZ. This means RDz needs to support pa...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Thread Safety for PL/I programs with CICS IA

For PL/I programs compiled with RENT option, CICS IA cannot correctly attribute the EXEC CICS commands to the actual program. In fact, CICS IA attributes all EXEC CICS commands to program CEEEV003. This limitation should be relieved.
over 7 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add sysdebug support to IDz 14 standard mode

IDz V14 standard mode does not use SYSDEBUG file - only Listing . SYSDEBUG file is used by LE too so its definitely created where a listing is not always created
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration