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Warning at lack of end-evaluate

It would be handy if the lack of end-evaluate would be reported with a warning.
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

Pass abending program to CICS Policy system Transaction abend EP adapter

In CICS Policy system rule Transaction abend the abending program should be passed to the EP adapter transaction/program in a DFHEP.DATA.nnnnn container.
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

IBM Explorer/RSE Support for Extended GDG (GDGE)

Requesting new feature to allow IBM Explorer for z/OS and RSE for z/OS to support Extended Generation Data Groups (GDGE). IBM Explorer for z/OS can be used to define host file GDGs and the current documented limit is 255. Extended GDGs now support...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Delivered

ASM property group needed for local z/OS Projects

We are looking into introducing a “modern” toolchain including IDz – git – IBM DBB... and are now working with a POC.If the POC is successful it could in the future replace our existing “toolchain” that completely resides on z/OS.When we work with...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Delivered

Code Coverage support for Assembler Program in 3270

Request to support Code Coverage for Assembler programs in 3270 environment (customer does not use IDz or any client in this specific usage)
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enable CICS PA to read input directly from a Logstream

We would like CICS/PA to use the logger logstream as input to a CICS performance report, instead of the SMF data.
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Ability to Hide/Show External Reference field on Package Menu panel

Add a configurable setting/feature to Show/Hide External Reference field on Change Package Menu panel. This allows for any customization done on External Reference field to be switched to a recently added new field (Previous Exit Text) in APAR PH5...
12 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Show compilation module time and date stamps in descending sequence on one panel

When teaching the FA class at Highmark, they requested a screen that depicts all the modules accessed by Fault Analyzer during the abend process be depicted on one panel, with the time and date reverse chronological sequence. Other ISV products pr...
almost 5 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

EAV Support for TEMS Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

In OMEGAMON TEMS, PDS files are not supported with EAV devices.
over 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 3 Delivered

Windows 10 support for IMS Explorer required

Up to now the IMS Explorer is only supported to Windows 7 and 8. We also need support to Windows 10 to administer the IMS catalog.
over 6 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Delivered