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Add feature to PLI and COBOL Custom Rules API to get text associated with a node

Add to the COBOL or PLI custom rule API a way to check for the existence of a statements or text and then if it exists, list it as a string or block.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enhance preprocessor support of pli-syntax-parser in RDz

Not all preprocessor-statements are recognized by the syntaxparser of the PLI-Editor in RDz, although theses Statements can be compiled and are valid.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Identify Code Affinities

We are in the middle of trying to carve out a large segment of work load and move it to another enterprise complex. The ability to identify affinities in the application (across all programs) would a useful features.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

EGL enabling Adapter support for Worklight

For EGL being the business language it would be good to have an EGL like interface to Worklight Mobile clients. This would be a good integration.
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Inter-product Integrations 5 Not under consideration

Dynamic resizing of IMS buffers

Actually a dynamic management is only possible for IMS database buffers, but this would be helpful for a lot of other buffers as well in the case you have defined upper limits for these buffers to prevent a z/OS system from storage problems caused...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 4 Not under consideration

RSE filters - Offline datasets (Offline Volume in the zOS) should be included in 'Archived Data Sets' list

From 'My Data Sets' filter I select OFF 'Show Archived Data Sets'. I expect all my archived datasets disappear from the list. Majority of archived datasets disappears, but not all. Some, defined as 'offline' do not. These are the one that 'Offline...
over 11 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Not under consideration

Remove keyword ICLH from dumps

Remove keyword ICLD (CLH block management tables) from the dumps to reduce the size.
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Optimize macro trace and function trace buffer allocation

Could IBM review the effect of trace buffer allocation on system performance?Currently both the macro trace and function traces are split between regular and extended buffers, so any update requires access to storage in two different cache lines.B...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Reduce compiler messages with the same ID and text for a line

Enterprise PL/I V5.2 issues too many compiler messages with the same ID and text for a line. Please see the attached file. It is an example code of issuing same messages for a line performing arithmetic operations of FIXED DEC using structure name...
almost 4 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

AMODE(64) modules in GSA

I have an existing RFE 30605 - 64 bit COBOL for CICS. Assuming this RFE is completed, I would like this subsequent RFE considered. It would be having CICS load AMODE(64) modules into the GSA (the shared address range between 2 terabytes - 512 tera...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

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