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FM for DB2, Site Profile: global-customized site settings

File Manager for DB2Enable the option of a site global settings file for all users instead of configuring settings in each user's workspace. For example, 3.3 define globally: DUPS UPDATE for all users.
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Pop-up window when pressing PF3 in edit session

When pressing PF3 in edit session (Edit/ in-Place/ Aux mode) changes to the file are saved automatically. The client's request is to be asked for confirmation before saving the changes: whether to Save changes or not.
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ZSTIM responses should include CPU id when using PROC=ALL

When using PROC=ALL on a ZSTIM ADD entry, a response is generated per CPU id but you have no idea what response goes with which CPU. Responses should include CPU id.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Support RTC and RTC Integration for TPF Toolkit 4.2.5

Support Rational Team Concert 6.0 and RTC Integration with current release of TPF Toolkit 4.2.5
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

FA: Enhance Navigation in Storage Display in Interactive Mode

In interactive mode with ISPF the navigation with display of storage should be enhanced: Better structuring: FA should take into account the boundary of the storage segments and should restrict scrolling to the segment, where the currently display...
about 9 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Make Sticky field for some fields

We would like to make a couple of fields sticky fields on a couple of panels.This means that the value of the field will be retained from session to session. The panels are:FNMPDSE and FNMPDSVThe filed name which is on both panels is:EFEDT
about 9 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

EQADPFMB should be in CICS Storage

DebugTool user profiles are placed in VSAM file EQADPFMB for CICS. If DebugTool is turned on for CICS, there are many get requests on this file even DebugTool is not used. It's not possible to make EQADPFMB a CICS table.
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide information about the destination of ims messages.

I would like to have in the IMS documentation the information where IMS messages are displayed , system console, IMS master (MTO) or both.
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Support the SMF OCYYDDD+ pattern in all Date/Time built-in functions

Can you enhance all the date/time built-in functions to support the OCYYDDD+ SMF date-time pattern? This was requested previously in ID 61274, but it was delivered via built-in functions JULIANTOSMF and SMFTOJULIAN, not natively through the Table ...
about 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Not under consideration

FORTRAN V2.6 for z/OS - Add Compiler Option to Force Explicit Variable Declarations

The Fortran compiler for z/OS does not have a compiler option to force all variables to be explicitly declared. Instead each and every program has to be coded with an IMPLICIT NONE statement. We would like a compiler option to force this instead o...
about 9 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / Fortran 1 Not under consideration