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File Manager for z/OS

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Improve performance of RECSTATS in VIEW mode

Improve record processing time and memory usage of RECSTATS in FM VIEW mode.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DSC - display the from and to file DCB information as part of the output

On the DSC function :Display the from and to file DCB information as part of the output as well as number of records read and records written. this is a duplicate of 25722 which was submitted by another person in our shop ...
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Lock template

We would like the ability to lock templates to prevent users from accidentally saving criteria that was intended to be temporary. This option must be intentionally set by template and users should not able to unlock from the the record identificat...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

UNICODE Support for IBM File manager DB2 GUI

File manager does actually only has support for EBCDIC code pages. This requirement is for support of UNICODE (CCSID 1200 and 1208).
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager copy 2 export from the plug-in

Today, if the customer wants to do a copy to an export format, the only one available being XML, the only interactive possibility is through the 3270 interface.This feature is needed in the plug-in.
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

FM/DB2 - provide an option in the FMN2SSDM macro for concatenating STEPLIB libraries ahead of FMN.SFMNMOD1 for FM/DB2 batch m

Skeleton FMN2FTSL assigns a STEPLIB DD concatenation for batch, which comprises of the FM/DB2 load library and the DB2 load libraries specified by DB2LLIB in the FMN2SSDM macro. Customer would like to be able to specify libraries in a FMN2SSDM opt...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

The VLM function of the File Manager generates superfluous information in the output report (FMNREPT) section

The VLM function of File Manager is usefull to generate an output file that display a lot of information about the module(s) in question: it’s interesting. However the output file also contains other information that are more or less superfluous i...
almost 3 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Allow FCH function in FM GUI

Request for Find Change (FCH) function in File Manager GUI.
about 8 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow for a better way to control SSIDs listed on panel DB2 Subsystem Selection

Provide options on macros FMN2POPI and/or FMN2SSDM that will allow for a way to display only the SSIDs on panel DB2 Subsystem Selection, which are specified on FMN2SSDM macros. Customer would like to do this without adding DISPLAY=HIDDEN on FMN2SS...
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager Load Module Compare to handle modules with EDIT=NO Binder parameter

Allow the File Manager Load Module Compare feature to list module information when the module is bound/linked using the EDIT=NO parameter. The Binder parameter EDIT=NO permanently deletes the data the Binder Compress, compresses. As such, the modu...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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