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RSE connection in IDZ does not automatically detect the encoding

The RSE connection in IDZ does not automatically detect the encoding. In order to view a readable format of a .log file, it becomes necessary to identify and switch the File encoding to UTF-8 or other types.
over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 2 Not under consideration

Error Messages in CICS Explorer

Error Messages in CICS Explorer are too short and hardly reveal their cause
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

z/TPF to use DHCP server to get IP addresses

Currently the ZOSAE command requires a specific IP address to be entered. This is fine for production systems, but I would like an option to use DHCP for test systems. We have hundreds of VPARS/Test TPF systems and some "home grown" software to ma...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Enable CICS IA Collection regions to startup even without connection to VSAM Control Files

CICS IA collection process be modified to allow it to be started with out a connection to the VSAM files, and to retry for a specified amount of time or attempts
over 7 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Verify IBM Repository Site is available

Please create a way to verify that the http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager site is available from a browser or a script.
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

IMS and DB2 Stored Procedures nformation in ADI

Provide a method to get IMS and DB2 SP information into ADI.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to add External Compare tool for bit compare with IDz/RDz

Add ability to add an external tool to do a bit compare using RDz.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Not under consideration

Combine GDPS 4-site and A/A controlling LPAR support

 Requesting the extension of GDPS support for a GDPS/Active-Active environment that will be integrated with the existing GDPS/MGM 4-site environment. This support allows running the GDPS/Active-Active controller functions on existing controlling ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

zimag path information

It would be useful if the zimag display could should the path information for keypoints and CIMR components that are loaded onto the z/TPF complex. The reason for the request is to get to a common image base that can be loaded/ built across multip...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Add feature to PLI and COBOL Custom Rules API to get text associated with a node

Add to the COBOL or PLI custom rule API a way to check for the existence of a statements or text and then if it exists, list it as a string or block.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

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