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Allow the creation of custom COBOL code quality rules for makros

COBOL code quality rules check only COBOL code. They do not check code generated by the preprocessor (rfe 77829). And it is not possible to create custom code quality rules to check the code that is replaced by the preprocessor. The custom makro c...
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

zCEE to have an option for a SAF call to check if the authenticated user was authorised to invoke a service

Client would prefer that zCEE did a SAF call to check if the authenticated user was authorised instead of using the RACF groups referenced in server.xml
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Enhance CICSPA to support COLLENGTH for TASKCNT on PROFILING report

The amount of transaction volume on our production LPAR causes this field to be displayed with exponential notation usually with an E2 or E3 suffix. For accuracy it is preferred to have a complete number for this field.
over 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Add information messages to support DRY principle (Don't repeat yourself)

According to the DRY principle (Don't repeat yourself *) programmers should avoid or reduce redundancy in an entire program or business application. We think that the compiler and/or optimizer could detect such redundancy in a single source and wo...
about 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6 - NUMCHECK(ABD): Generate the control code in the same instructions block

Whatever the chosen optimization level, the NUMCHECK(ABD) compilation option generates a part of the control code at the end of the program code, (the numeric class test is performed at the location of the Cobol instruction, but the call to the ab...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Enhance EXEC CICS ASSIGN with ASRABEAR option

The EXEC CICS API for ASSIGN returns many data items related to program checks (e.g. ASRAKEY, ASRAINTRPT, ASRAREGS, ASRAPSW, etc). But the one item that is not available to the ASSIGN API, that would be of great benefit for solving a wild branch, ...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS - ICSF possibility to access Crypto labels for selected programs only

We need a way to permit access to Crypto labels only for selected programs . This method is already available for DATASET resource with the option 'when program' .
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Addition of Mainframe Character Set (CP1027) in JDK 11

IBM Java 6 which comes along with WebSphere 7 is having support for character set: CP1027. But In Java 8 or 11 this character set support is not there. When Java 11 is used to connect Mainframe zOS DB2, sometimes its failing with the following exc...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

More transparency for Liberty users

Liberty is integrated in the CICS, but it functions as a "subsystem WAS" in the subsystem “CICS”. There is a lack of rational means for debugging and clarification. Thus, Liberty acts as a poorly integrated foreign body in CICS. See also Pmr 87726...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Ability to extract packages from an export file into another file via a batch interface

We require the ability to transport resource definitions between geographically dispersed sysplexes and to apply transformation rules in the process. This need means we will have to migrate through an export file.Since the export file will be used...
over 10 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

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