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CICS/VR RLS recovery bypass catalog update requirement

Currently, CICS VR will attempt to use VSAM RLS services ( IDARRST ) to set the recovery required bit in the catalog entry if it determines the dataset might be RLS. This requires that the user running the recovery have update access to the datase...
over 5 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Ability to use any kind of data format, not only JSON

Currently in our industry; we and our clients adapt slow and when format is chosen it stays around, sometimes a bit too long. To address this we have a lot of different type of deliveries to external and internal clients. Some examples includes JS...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Include JCL EXPORT statement in AD

This request is regarding this AD issue: Error [1043] : Syntax Error: 'EXPORT' AD currently does not support JCL EXPORT statement and it would help us a lot if this statement can be added to JCL parsers.
almost 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Basic Authentication support in zTPF HTTP Server

There is currently no system level code (such as CHT1/2/3) support for this standard "Authorization" HTTP header and zTPF shops have to create their own way for this support. Even though this header is a standard feature in the HTTP server, adopti...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Linkage Parameter issue for testing a program via zUnit.

- Program name: LBTBDAYS- It's a sub-program where it is called by main-program by passing the parameters. - Linkage section parameter list - LK-CBTBDAYS-PARAMETER-LIST defined as PIC X(64). - In the procedure division of the sub-program, this fie...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

Autonomic MAXTP TPIPE limit

IMS should optionally autonomically calculate TPIPE limits, instead of making clients calculate what their MAXTP parameter should be.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Remove constraints on number of OTMA resources

We need IMS to allow a much larger number of OTMA resources like TPIPEs, YQABS, etc than currently possible.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

BIF: ROUND(x,n), n as expression

we would like to have the ROUND(x,n) builtin function to accept 'n' as an expression else than an Optionally-signed integer. example:DCL X DEC FIXED(11,4) INIT(3.1416);DCL Y BIN FIXED(31) INIT(2); DCL Z DEC FIXED(11,4); Z = ROUND(X,Y);
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Determine VSAM FILE definition attributes KEYLENGTH/RECORDFORMAT and RECORDSIZE from catalog

VSAM File attributes (local and remote files) should be determined from z/OS catalog entry instead of defining the values in the corresponding FILE entry in DFHCSD
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Platform Isolation

I have been discussing this topic with several people from the lab, but I also want to write it down one time, to have it written and to maybe make the why clear. So why is this important for us? 1) We have several Cics Regions, where the Cics is ...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

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