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In OAS3, we still need a method to develop services using program communication areas to generate services from existing processes

The yaml OAS3 input document is not something most mainframe developers would have knowledge of how to develop correctly. However, they know how existing process and programs are working. Since a significant use of z/OS Connect is to expose access...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

Externalise all error messages to the SYSLOG

Please add all Joblog Error messages to the SYSLOG so that it can be used to automate/trigger altering through OPS MVS. This is needed from the AGM Interceptor from zCEE and CICS, as well as the Base Component. Thank you
11 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 0 Future consideration

Include 45xx statistics records in the calculation of Average Checkpoint Duration, Average Checkpoint Frequency, and CPLOG count to the Checkpoint Summary portion of the Checkpoint Report.

IMS writes statistics records (45xx) at every checkpoint just before the checkpoint records (40xx). I would like to see something like this: Start 12Sep2024 00:00:37:75 IMS Performance Analyzer End 12Sep2024 00:01:53:25 Page 1 Checkpoint Summary ...
4 months ago in IMS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Add ASCII/Text transfer support to the SFTP server

Currently we are using FTPS support where clients can use both binary and text options while sending files to zTPF. The SFTP support provided only support binary transfers and we would like to be able to offer the ASCII/text option.
7 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

new function for current timestamp

I would a cobol function to retrieve the current system timestamp with the higher possible precision like STCKE or Db2 SET CURRENT TIMESTAMP. Optionally a parameter could drive the required precision of the timestamp (same way as the current times...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 15 Future consideration

Support exclude feature for REXX MATCH() function

I need to exclude one or more item from a list to suppress an alert. So I would like a MATCH if something is NOT in the string. In my current situation I automate CNZ4200I (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=messages-cnz4200i), but I need...
7 months ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Upgrade Kafka Client

The Kafka broker version we use is well in advance in compare to the Kafka Client 2.8.1. It produces unnecessary warnings on z/TPF. Moreover we would like to be proactive and be open to new features as well as to keep security enhancements u...
4 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

AD - Analyze client Legend icon shall appear in the menu bar next to other icons, but not under expandable menu

On AD Analyze client v611 we found that Legend icon is not visible any longer next to other icons (on this small menu bar), but instead it is hidden under pop-up menu. This is not very convenient, as when needed to use this Legend icon feature, de...
4 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Future consideration

Allow TWS to cancel jobs it has submitted early

There's a new feature to allow TWS to submit jobs early to the systems, however as soon as it does then if a decision is made to not execute the job it needs to be done on the system, which would require giving additional RACF access. It would be ...
7 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

STGRCVY=NO should work as documented

Why is it useful? Abending the victim task of a storage violation is a defence against applications acting upon and/or committing corrupted data. CICS Documentation (all releases) promises "If you specify STGRCVY(NO), CICS abends the task if it is...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Future consideration

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