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Remove LLZZ for all IMS Services in zOs Connect whatever the size of the Datastructure (>&< 32ko)

We don't want to provide at anytime in the creation process of the service the LLZZ for all IMS Services in zOs Connect whatever the size of the Datastructure (>&< 32ko).Today this is only the case for the dara-structures greater than 32...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Client sendrecv interaction want to receive ISRT ALTPCB output from IMS region

For client who use SENDRECV interaction, it wait for IMS region response by ISRT IOPCB. However, if region use ISRT ALTPCB to send message, the output meessage keep in HOLDQ and client need to use RESUME TPIPE to receive the response message.
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced multi-segment message support in IMS service provider for z/OS Connect

IMS supports multi-segment input and output messages. A lot of IMS transactions are using this functionality - especially for output messages. The amount of segments can be large and they can have different structures. Actually the multi-segment m...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

Enabling the IBM LinuxONE and IBM Power 10 ( or later ) C/C++ Compilers to integrate with Intel oneAPI

Intel oneAPI is an open, cross-architecture programming model that frees developers to use a single code base across multiple architectures. The result is accelerated compute without vendor lock-in. for more information : https://www.intel.com/con...
almost 2 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

FA Eclipse: Divide Storage Areas into Working-Storage and Linkage

Under Event details --> Event 1/2/3/... there is an item called "Storage Areas" - this should be divided for COBOL into Working-Storage and Linkage. This division should be shown in the outline view as well.
almost 4 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide monitor, list, and update capabilities for z13 vector registers

Provide capabilities to work with vector registers, using commands and features similar to the way that floating point registers can be accessed. 1) For commands that currently support floating point registers by using the %EPR variable, add suppo...
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

provide patched Eclipse source bundles

IDz 14 is based on Eclipse 4.4.2, but IBM patched the Eclipse platform bundles, therefore the official Eclipse source bundles do not match the Eclipse binary bundles used by IDz 14.This RFE is to ask IBM to provide the source bundles corresponding...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Package Reuse with a Resource/Command Preview & Delete Option

Enable Options to automatically clear the resource/commands from a package that is being reused along with a preview of resource/commands that is already present in the package
over 7 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Allow requesting APIs asynchronously

Add functionality to the zOSCEE API Requester to allow requesting APIs asynchronously. The original request call should return a token. The response will need to be saved, keyed by the token, for a limited time. The later response call will pass t...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

COBOL should be able to generate multiple namespaces in XML

System: IBM z/OS 2.3Product: COBOL / XML COBOL 6.2 provides the option to generate simple XML structures with namespaces and attributes. However, the complexity of XML and its ability to transfer data across platforms requires the use of complex X...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration