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IDz program control editor next/last should be in program order

When using IDz Program Control editor, the Previous/Next buttons should flow through the diagram programmatically.Currently, they move alphabetically/numerically.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Separate NUMCHECK's MSG/ABD suboptions by type

We're trying to ease our developers into NUMCHECK, and have mostly got PAC through, using the parameter NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,ABD) unless specifically requested to downgrade to NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,MSG) for a temporary duration (until the c...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

IMS Restart Light as an FDBR replacement

Provide an option to do an IMS Restart Light (comparable to a DB2 restart light) which only closes the Online Log Dataset (OLDS) , does Backout for any inflight PSB, and releases corresponding IRLM locks. IMS Control region should then shutdown im...
almost 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Restart 1 Not under consideration

DFHFCT BDAM supported as RDO defined

Provide support for DFHFCT BDAM files to be supported in RDO,
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Extracting resource definitions when the MP CMAS is inactive

regarding technote 1497558 and RFE 25860we need to inqire resource definitions via API (EXEC CPSM GET OBJECT) in the time when MP CMAS is down => only read access, no update
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Merging several PDFs into one single PDF file

Our customer wants to explore the possibility of having a button that merge several PDF files (provided by View Print Jobs) and producing just one output file.
about 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

31Char long COBOL words (current 30)

COBOL words (variable names...) can only be 30 characters.In ISO Standard it is limited to 31 bytes.Please enlarge the allowed length of such names.
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Ability to add TIMEOUT to an existing VSM pool

We would like to have the ability add a timeout value to an pre-existing VSM pool where TIMEOUT was previously not set dynamically. Currently the only way to add a TIMEOUT value, is to delete the existing VSM pool using VSM DELETE and recreate the...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add support of named constant arrays

Please add support of arrays of named constant, e.g.: dcl titleOrderNumber(*) char value('Auftragsnummer' , 'No de l''ordre' , 'Numero ordine' ,'Order number' ); In cases like in the example above, the length of the longest value has to be taken. ...
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

New Function/Product to support APA automation

For replacements for Application Performance measurement Tools like APA, customers need urgently an automation tool. This tool should be able to* start off measurements automatically and not only for predefined CPU or elapsed time but also for * n...
almost 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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