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Improve "Delay Debug Mode"

To debug subtasks within an STC, we use the "delay debug mode". We found that it is very inflexible due to the way it was implemented:- a special EQAOPTS module has to be created- this module must be placed in a dataset which then has to be concat...
over 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

RoCE without IP on AIX 7.2

We like support for “RoCE without IP” with Aix 7.2
over 5 years ago in IBM Communications Server for Data Center Deployment / Other 1 Not under consideration

AD Build Client settings allows customizations about windows

In AD 5.1.03, during the project build process, the Settings on AD Build Client , it would help if the selection window size(On Settings) is customizable (to be able to view entire path/folder name).
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Improve AD download process

One thing probably to note is that once one type of source is downloaded into AD, the saving/processing of that happens only if the user initiates some other activity on the Build Client. This adds to the wait time between downloads.
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Android navigation key is not supported (Recent Apps key)

Recent Apps key is not supported since this is not part of the application under test.
over 10 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

API for IDz compare functionality (and a save dialog when using the SWAP button in case of sources are in dirty state)

It would be useful to have an API for the IDz compare including the possibility to edit one or both of the two compared sources (similar to the EditorOpener.getInstance().browse/.open).Additionally there is a problem using the SWAP button. When yo...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Reuse CEEPIPI enclave during multiple EXEC CICS LINK/RETURNs to/from XPLINK programs within the same CICS task.

Running under 1 CICS task, a Cobol driver program does thousands of EXEC CICS LINKs to a C program (Program1) that is compiled with XPLINK. And each time Program 1 is invoked it does an EXEC CICS LINK to a C program (Program2) that is compiled wit...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Add support for dynamic arrays in the Catalog and IMS Explorer-created Database Views

REQUIREMENT: When performing some preliminary testing for accessing IMS data through the Catalog, we ran into an error for one of our segments that stated dynamic arrays were not supported when creating the PCB object. This is a potential showstop...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Not under consideration

Allow DBRC=N for Restoring HALDB

DBRC=Y is good only when you need to perform Disaster Recovery to production region whereby it will ensure the integrity of the HALDB image copies being restored. However, most of the time DBA is performing restoration from their past HALDB backup...
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Resolve Copybooks Within MVS Subproject Natively

Please refer to Service request number 56700,379,000. I understand the dilemma of what to do when the copybook is found in multiple subproject datasets (based on my use case) and my expectation is if that were to occur the user would get the simil...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

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