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Direct access to FM MQ functions

Please enhance File Manager for z/OS so that the MQ panels can be invoked directly ie without going through the File manager menu structure. This capability is available for many FM components, but not the MQ panels - the 'Equivalent Function' col...
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

support wildcard characters in transaction group in CPSM WLM

In CPSM WLM, when we want to define transactions in transaction group. We have add transaction one by one. ICBC has several thousands transactions, it takes long time to add them one by one. It also has the risk that forgetting to define some of t...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Builtin to determine level of recursive calls

When using recursive procedures, it would occasionally be useful to know if the procedure currently active is called directly, or recursively, and in the latter case, provided such information is available in control blocks, at what level of recur...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Additional compound operators for reverse operations

Enterprise PL/I at some stage introduced the originating from C compound operators, i.e. +=-=*=/= and quite justifiably added **=||= All of them, lets generically use the term ?=, in essence "expand" x ?= y ; into x = x ? y; It might in some circu...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Remove Multiple Lines

It would be nice to be able to remove multiple rows from tabs such as -GC in one action. Or a bindable action to do the deletes. Click on a line, then clicking remove can be time consuming.
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

support outbound from CICS

invoke json restful api from COBOL program running inside CICS.
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

new parameter in CPSM in order a MAS should not connect by default to the MP

We have 4 LPArs and we have defined a CICSplex with MAS running in these 4 LPARs.On LPAR 1 I have defined the MP and another CMASIf I don't specify the CMASSYSID in the EYUPARM for that MAS, it connects automatically to the MP (it's not the best p...
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Submenu support within CLSS

Submenu support on the Menu in CL/superssion not only grouping by group and and grouporder
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

HOD MAC algorithm support change

While using HOD to connect to Telnet hosts, we encountered a Telnet Host that had disabled HMAC-SHA1 due to it being based off an encryption algorithm (SHA1) that is no longer considered secure (even though HMAC-SHA1 is still considered secure due...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration

SDF II repeating blocks support

The cicsmap command does not support the SDF II repeating blocks feature, therefore we are unable to create symbolic maps resulting in the same data structures like on z/OS.
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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