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Automatic STEP first command if source is located

Perform a STEP command if the source is located. Without the STEP function, the developer can not perform many functions, such as MONITOR LIST variables, etc. This would eliminate any confusion with this process. The STEP command navigates to the ...
almost 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Scan JCL residing on the Test LPAR against the Prod LPAR

Production JCL is being modified on the Test LPAR. The need is to scan the JCL for errors which requires networking a copy of the JCL to the Production LPAR, scanning the JCL, and send the syntax checks to the user. We have datasets existing in Pr...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz zUnit - more easily to jump to the fail test case

It would be more user friendly for adding hyper link in zUnit test result such that it can jump to the corresponding test case in the program quickly.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz database explorer to suuport HEX value display and edit

We have some DB2 table column which is defined CHAR but will store some non-displayable hex value. Current RDz Database Explorer not able to handle it for both display and editing.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

IBM Hour Glass CICS, set time to the second, not just minute

All a method to choose the second instead of setting to zero
almost 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RDz support serach and replace across PDS

RDz now can only do "Search and Replace" within the same member. It should also support this function to multiple member / PDS.
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

This is a test RFE

This is a test RFE.
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 0 Not under consideration

CRUISE should allow the aggregation of smaller tables into one large super table or a table of tables

CRUISE should allow aggregation of smaller tables into one large super table or a table made up of other tables. This would allow multiple tables to be run as a single job from start to finish. Instead of taking REF-ID parameters as input, the Sup...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Provide a means for CRUISE to recover from a hang or deadlock condition

Provide a means for CRUISE to recover from a hang or deadlock condition. A running CRUISE table has the potential to hang or get stuck in a sort of deadlock situation. The maximum allowed ECB's have already been created. One or more ECB's may need...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

CRUISE should provide a facility to execute functions at the system level, e.g. full system CAPTURE

Provide new system level functions, e.g. CAPTURE type. This would scan through the entire ID range from the beginning to the end, to chain-chase each of the ID's in the DBDEF table. This is similar to what RECOUP does. Providing functions for syst...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

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