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Incomplete tooltip for COBOL variables

In a COBOL program you have a long list of variables. For example this one: 1 DLI-FUNK. 2 GU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GU". 2 GN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GN". 2 GNP-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GNP". 2 GHU-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GHU". 2 GHN-FKT PIC X(4) VALUE "GHN". 2 G...
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

SSL(ATTLSAWARE) support for PROTOCOL(IPIC) in TCPIPSERVICE

To replace the SNA connections to IPIC with external companies (different sysplexes) and secure them, we need to implement SSL.AT-TLS can save CPU, but SSL(ATTLSWARE) for TCPIPSERVICE is only available to PROTOCOL(HTTP).We request to provide SSL(A...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

PARSE support for CSV files

Some of our systems are required to ingest CSV (Comma Separated Variable) files from other platforms. Presently we use SORT or other utility to convert the file to fixed format before passing it to COBOL for processing. In a few cases the COBOL pr...
almost 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Tape information (similar to VI on ISPF) on RDz

VI - option which retries the information of the file went to tape is NOT available in RDz
about 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

COBOL 6 should use zIIP processor

The Enterprise COBOL Compiler Version 6 (and also V5) use much more CPU Resources than Version 4.Not only 12 Percent, but Factor 12.We need 12 times more CPU for compiling than in the older versions.Some parts of this workload should be zIIP-enabl...
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Create Volumes that can grow Dynamically in zD&T

Currently, allocating a Volume in the zD&T implementation means creating a FULL SIZE Volume at initial allocation. This can create pressure on the User to allocate "up front" a LOT of space even though this space will not be needed right away....
over 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Lock Manager incompatibility between PI and IRLM

We are implementing IMSPLEX configuration for a customer (see diagram attached). Currently we have IMSP instance running on MVS2 LPAR and we are going to add IMSO (IMSP clone) into another new LPAR, using Shared Databases and Shared Queue. See det...
11 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270?

IDz MVS filter should allow to create filter having first qualifier as * in dataset names similar to 3270? This would be useful to display say the first 10 entries. Mainframe 3270 screen allows wildcard for first level qualifier , why IDz it is no...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

CPSM BATCHREP error handling.

Using program EYU9XDBC to run BATCHREP in batch. Once the program has managed to connect to CPSM a return code of 0 is always returned regardless of the outcome. I do appreciate that the request is offloaded to run in the CMAS and the output is pr...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

IMS Sysprog

IRLM deadlock report does not include a Unit of work (UOW)or Unit of recovery (UOR) token for the transactions involved in the deadlock.Application programmers often request for input messages of the transaction when investigating the deadlocks. B...
over 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Diagnostic Utilities 2 Not under consideration