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RDz client should bring EXEC SQL INCLUDEs in addition to COPY statement files when "Show Expanded Source" is selected.

In RDz client 9.5 when a COBOL program is brought into COBOL editor, selecting "Show Expanded Source" does not bring in the EXEC SQL INCLUDEs. It only brings the files indicated by COPY statements.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Large Documents are printed with missing information

We noticed some documents are arriving incomplete to Docpath. These documents have many pages, and each time we try to print them, we are having randomly several pages (never the full document). After checking, we realized that the files .spl requ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

View print job button is not working as expected

The view print job button appears disabled when trying to click it (see image attatched)
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer - Add EYUVC1294W (Region Timeout) Information Detail

Currently if a region in a Plex is having an issue that causes either a GUI display or CPSM Batch API timeout the WUI displays a EYUVC1294W message that details which region is causing the problem. We do not have a messagelike that in CICS Explore...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Getting Error [1043] : syntax Error for schid which are used in JCL's

Hi Team, When we try to build JCL which are having Schid's ( #JI, #JEND ) , we are getting Error[1043]. it seems ADDI compiler not recognizing #JI, #JEND in the JCL's and throwing the errors while building. It would be great help if the new versio...
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Generate messages during emergency restart showing indoubt systems that should be restarted.

Please generate a message during emergency restart that shows any related CICS regions or subsystems that must be started to resolve all indoubt UOWS during the emergency restart.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Add "user" field to PARMBLK

TI has a usermod where we require a field in PARMBLK (PXPARMS) to chain one of our data areas. This usermod has existed for 30+ years. We use one of the "reserved" fullwords at the end of PXPARMS to store the address of this area. We use the last ...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Not under consideration

Add R/W interceptor

The CICS and IMS applications at the bank have a built-in security check that uses the user ID to determine what actions and data access are allowed. The bank has created a bridge application at the mid-tier level to supply the security user (a SA...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Hovering Over Array Variables During a Remote Debug Session Returns the Subscripted Value

While using the Remote Debugger, the hover feature should display the value of the array element referenced by the subscript variable. For example, an array called DATA-CHAR consists of five elements containing the following values in order 'A', '...
over 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Action Command should have information in the SYSLOG about the command and it's executer (userid)

All action commands like CANCEL should list some information about the person, who actually enters the command.This request applies to all system commands you can send in e3270UI as well as to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS). It is impo...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 2 Not under consideration