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CA7 In Memory process with Wildcards

ANZ would like to have a selection field holding Job Schedule wildcard option in the Application Discovery, CA7 Workload Automation tab of the z/OS configuration window of the Build Server.ANZ has over 140000 job schedules and it would be better t...
about 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

IMS IVP Dialog - Scratch-Steps should end with RC=00

IEF403I IV3C101J - STARTED - TIME= -JOBNAME STEPNAME PROCSTEP RC -IV3C101J SCRATCH 08 -IV3C101J ALLOCATE 00 IEF404I IV3C101J - ENDED - TIME=09 Der Scratch erfolgt über IDCAMS in der Beschreibung steht das RC=00 und RC=08 in Ordnung sind, warum nic...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 0 Not under consideration

RDz compare program in different CARMA environment

When compare 2 programs in 2 different CARMA Endevor environment, it not show the environment name in the comparison windows. So it is very inconvenience to user to know which one (right or left) is actually in which enviornment. Also missing is s...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Using CPSM API as thread safe.

Following PMR 72808,003,756 we have encountered a bottleneck caused by CONL processing an EXEC CPSM request from an application. We want CPSM activity to run on L8 like MQ and DB2 and not to be limited to the QR TCB, allowing us both to save TCB s...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

JVM bytecode

A compiler that generates JVM byte code would be a great thing I think. If the compiler runs on IBM OS-es only then your customers will keep to develop on your hardware...A PL/I <==> Java direct call facility would be the hit.
about 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

With IDz EST SOAP, allow Copy Books to be added from level >1 and allow Request/Response from different copybooks

With IDz Enterprise Service Tools SOAP bottom up method, allow the Copy Books to be "started" from level >1. Allow different copybooks to be used for Request and Response. This is the primary problem, but there were a few other limitations the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 1 Not under consideration

AD to provide support for C

Provide support for the C programming language at the same level as COBOL and PL/I
about 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Create new option of DFHCSDUP's EXTRACT so the output does NOT include all the DEFINE and CHANGE parms

Have option of DFHCSDUP's EXTRACT so the output does NOT include all the DEFINE and CHANGE parms. It will then be much easier to compare 2 EXTACTS. Perhaps have a different program to specify on the EXTRACT SYSIN statement to do this.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement for omitted parameters

Better support omitted parameters in subroutine calls.1) Support the COBOL 2002 "omitted-argument" condition (ISO/IEC 1989:2002(E) 8.8.4.1.7).2) Treat omitted trailing arguments as if the OMITTED keyword were specified in the CALL statement (also ...
over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

HOD Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

IBM Host On-Demand (HOD) pages are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Description of XSS from application auditors: "Cross Site Scripting (XSS) is a web application vulnerability where user input is not sanitized properly, allowing a malici...
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 4 Not under consideration