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PLI record support for QSAM

Currently the QSAM support does apply only for Cobol, we'd like to see this feature also available on PLI.
almost 2 years ago in Z Virtual Test Platform 1 Not under consideration

ibm_db to be shipped with supported driver

IBM should ship the the ibm_db driver with their Python for z/OS. Underway is a DBA modernization initiative where we are bringing in modern tooling and languages such as Python for z/OS and in particular the ibm_db library for communicating with ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

Customer is issuing INGIMS with a transaction as the command and getting DFS165 hh:mm:ss COMMAND VERB IS INVALID

INGIMS apparently passes IMS commands using this Multiple Console Support (MCS) which we had enabled by defining the IMS parameter CMDMCS=Y (the default was N). Basically INGIMS will simply prefix whatever has been specified with the IMSsubid and ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Setup jwt based authentication to connect zCEE

Hi Team, We would like to build API's from zCEE and display API callgraphs but to access our Production zCEE , we need to setup jwt (json web token) based authentication between ADDI and Prod zCEE but as per IBM case - ADDI is only having basic au...
7 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Delivery Intelligence Extensions 0 Not under consideration

Default value type setting in IMS Catalog for Explorer inserts

Modify the IMS Catalog to have default values for field statements, that is: spaces, low values, zeros, zoned, etc. This would then be used by IMS Explorer Suite for inserts when a field value is not specified. For Example on this "Insert into MS3...
about 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Not under consideration

zCEE to call SAF for authentication

This is following on from RFE # 99337. Since the last RFE was submitted, the zCEE authorization interceptor has been extended to allow even more groups to be defined for more granular control of the various operations and actions permitted within ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

zCEE - mechanism to pass parameters to zosconnect_authToken

We are using the zCEE to retrieve a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a third-party authorization server and pass it on a request to an API endpoint, as described here:https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zosconnect/3.0?topic=jwt-calling-api-secured-third-partyIn ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

To support variable length string json payload for IMS API

Cobol does not have the notion of variable-length string. When a string in the Cobol copybook is mapped to JSON payload for z/OS Connect, it is set with the maximum length. Even when the actual JSON payload is smaller, z/OS Connect sends the full ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

IDz SPOOL view show output in HEX

When using IDz's Remote System Explorer to view JES spool output, an option to view the hex values of the output should be given. Some program displays are not textual and seeing the underlying hex values is needed.
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Multiple CGs for CKD volumes for xDR Linux guests running on zVM LPARs

As of today IBM SYSPLEX and GDPS Architecture relies on 1 and only one CKD Consistency group. RB would like IBM to allow multiple consistency groups (at least 1 z/OS and 4 CKD Consistency Group for zLinux applications residing in z/VM environments...
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

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