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Parallel Sysplex version should include the tools

zD&T Parallel Sysplex Edition does not contain the web-based development tools that assist in the management of z/OS images, transfer of datasets, and assistance with DASDs copied to an emulated 3390. The request is to include these tools with...
about 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Need to remove the limit of 15 columns on the SORTCOLS statement

RFE related to TOM, opened on Omegamon for z/OS because it owns the BASE functions SORTCOLS statement has a limit of 15 columns, as they told us in PMR. If you need to have more than 15 cols the only way up to now is to specify SORTCOLS=ALL. But t...
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION() USECOUNT()

Today you can make: EXEC CICS INQUIRE PROGRAM() USECOUNT() We need to be able to make: EXEC CICS INQUIRE TRANSACTION() USECOUNT()
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Would like to have PLTSD pgm to shutdown Debug at CICS termination

We would like to have PLTSD pgm to shutdown Debug at CICS termination.
about 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Reset Statistics Partially

Currently it is only possible to reset the statistics (SMF) of all attributes (TRANSACTION, TRANCLASS, etc.) together. Granularity in statistics reset would be very useful for monitoring and metrics, and I understand that it is easily justifiable ...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

DB2 as repository will not support Analyze Server/Java source code analysis

Customer is trying to use DB2 as a repository and do Java source code analysis and this is not support by DB2... you can only do Java source code analysis with the more popular SQL server.
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Improve IMS performance for DLI calls that hit empty areas.

Improve IMS performance for DLI calls that hit empty areas. By “empty “ we intend to mean - areas that have no data populated in them since allocation , OR an area that had some data but it was deleted and is now empty. And this should target proc...
about 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

Modify CICS translator to dot qualify translator generated code.

Development group is attempting to implement/enforce new coding standards. One of these includes the use of the NOLAXQUAL PL/I directive. However, the CICS translator does not dot qualify internally generated variables. This causes the PL/I compil...
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

LOG for each subsystem monitored is required for IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Enhanced 3270 User Interface (TOM)

A LOG for each subsystem monitored is needed in order to be able to report all the activities performed on/by that subsystem (from user, system engineers, monitoring and automation tool, etc.). This log has to be visible from TOM, not only on clas...
about 10 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager plugin -selections as rectangular

The RDZ editor does not currently have the capability to select a subsetof the data so that it can be cut into the clip board and then pasted back again later
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

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