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Feature Request - JSON PARSE - [" was found, but one of LEFT CURLY BRACKET was expected

It is possible in the JSON standard for a top-level JSON to have an array, e.g. [{..}, {..}]. However, this cannot be read with the current JSON parse, instead you have to build an object around it with string processing so that you can parse it. ...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 5 Delivered

Passphrase support for HWSSMPL1 (connect API)

HWSSMPL1 does not support passphrase and we need passphrase support for HWSSMPL1. One of our major application uses connect API which use HWSSMPL1 and we are looking at strengthening password using passphrase.
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 4 Delivered

Allow zCEE API requester facility when more than one 2xx response defined in the swagger document

The swagger document has the following description operationId: scoreSearchesUsingPOST consumes: - application/json produces: - application/json parameters: - in: body name: scoreApiFilter description: scoreApiFilter required: true schema: $ref: '...
about 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Set report of all errors found when reloading a new GEOPARM (in a single validation sequence)

In large GEOPARMs, the verification can take several minutes. When the GDPS performs the reload/validation of the GEOPARM, it stops if it finds syntactic errors. They must be corrected and perform the syntactic validations again, then the consiste...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

Real-time display of QR TCB usage and CPU/DISP ratio

Knowledge Center states the following: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGMCP_5.5.0/tuning/dfht3c0020.html "To calculate the approximate time since CICS statistics were last reset, add the values of "Accum time in MVS™ wait" and "Ac...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

View Problems (vue Erreurs) option Advanced Show All pour afficher tous les avertissements/erreurs du Référentiel

La vue Problems avec l’option « Show all » affiche les avertissements/erreurs détectées dans le Référentiel sans que l’administrateur ait besoin d’ouvrir un Cobol PDP quelconque, il s’agit des types :“Desynchronized_Generated_File_Marker”, “PDP Er...
almost 3 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Delivered

Allow credentials needed for full authentication in IMS to be passed from zCEE

Our InfoSec team is requiring that any connection into IMS be enabled with RACF = 'Y' (meaning both userid and password is needed to authenticate). Unfortunately, zCEE does not currently pass any kind of password information along to IMS, only a u...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 5 Delivered

Provide a DB2 z/OS DDL without implicite created Objects

During installation of DBB Version 2.0.0 we found that the provieded DB2 z/OS DDL did not work for us.We are not allowed to us DDL which implicite creates Objects.So we need a DDL which has create Tablespace and create uniqe Index statments.The re...
about 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 3 Delivered

PDELETE: for managing physical data provide a retention period instead of a date from when to delete.

The issue was discussed at the last IZSAM workshop in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and I was asked to create an idea for it: In IZSAM Physical Delete function there should be something like PDEL=nn where nn stands for "keep physical data for nn+current...
7 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

Add support for Java 11 to allow integration with newer Sonar products in IDz

SonarLint and SonarQube have already made the jump to Java 11. Windows 11 is being shipped with Java 11. Adding support for Java 11 in IDz would prevent compatibility restrictions with the newer versions of htis integrated product.
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 4 Delivered