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Toggle new Comment in JCL Editor

The function "Toggle Comment Continuation" (Ctrl+/)in the jcl editor inserts a character (*) on position 72 so that the comment can continue the next line (line beginning with // + one space) it works fine but it is not the recommended way for ins...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 1 Not under consideration

DPL Timeout

When a program in one CICS system does a Distributed Program Link to a program in another CICS system, it needs to be able to time out using the CICS API if the other system is unavailable.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Copy an item from a component in different component of a different stream

Hellowe want to copy/duplicate an item from the component Y of stream A in the component Z of the stream B.It is not possible with the SDP. In the PMR 65559.660.706 we explain in details our needBest RegardsDelphine
over 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Not under consideration

capability in specifying IMS connection pool properties

In traditional WAS, we could specify IMS connection pool properties, such as Minimum connections, Aged timeout, etc. However, with IMS enterprise suite explorer, when we build a zConnect service, we could not specify min connection, max connection...
over 8 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Not under consideration

Extending Java support on Linux on z (or other platforms)

Is there any plan in the roadmap to extend Java support on Linux on z (or other platforms)?
about 4 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

HATS Web service support of row based data in Web services.

HATS provides data in a Web service from tabular screens in the following format:<column1> <value1> </value1> <value2> </value2> <value3> </value3></column1> <column2> <value1> </value...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

Rexx for CICS should support the CPSM API

We would like to use the CPSM API under Rexx for CICS. It is already available using Rexx in batch and TSO but we want to use it in a CICS environment. Presently it does not appear to be supported.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support PKCS-PAD option for zTPF Encryption/Decryption APIs

Support PKCS-PAD option for zTPF Encryption/Decryption APIs so zTPF can share encrypted data with z/OS.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Implement z/OS ID Propagation for HTTP REST in CICS

Our CWS applications are developed in a three tiers architecture. User request filled in throught browser passed to IIS server then forword to CICS CWS using HTTP protocol all the way. We hope that CICS can support z/OS ID Propagation for CWS HTTP...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Integration of operational data from Production

RFE opened on behalf of BNPP. BNPP wants the AD model to be enriched with production data coming from the "Execution" and "Production Monitoring" standpoint, especially extracted from TADz and SMF. BNPP wishes to use native AD mechanisms to exploi...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration