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RSC: Don't mark replacement chars (e.g. ':') in literals in Copybooks as error

The real-time syntax checker marks statements in copybooks as error, when they contain replacement-markers like ":" (e.g. ":-SAWX-:") in literal definitions. Indeed, that would be no correct COBOL-coding, but those parts need to include incorrect ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

Access to source for JZOS Toolkit Record Generation

I would like to request the publication or other availability of the current source for JZOS Toolkit Record Generation. Currently there are a number of issues that I would love to be able to correct or help correct for the benefit of other users. ...
about 8 years ago in Record Generator for Java 7 Delivered

Enterprise COBOL should support zHyperLink

IBM's zHyperLink technology offers a way to radically improve the performance for I/O to VSAM files. Performance improvements of orders of magnitude are possible with zHyperLink. On a system with zHyperLink and with an otherwise qualifying environ...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Delivered

Omegamon for z/OS Address Space CPU Utilization to include all GCP CPU only

We are migrating from the ASG TMON Product Suite to the Omegamon Performance Suite and are busy creating the TEP workspaces and situations similar to what we had automated in the TMON Product sets. We added a Workspace called Address Space Overvie...
about 4 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 3 Delivered

Having the same call scheduling DSLIST on IDz (filters) than ISPF (3.4) to access PDS without catalog's right in RACF profile

After discussing with the RDz/IDz host development team, it appears that ISPF and IDz don't order DSLIST in the same way. For example with restricted user RACF profile, READ access to certain datasets but no access to the catalog, you can read the...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

WLMDEF Table - Wildcard Character Usage

We need Explorer WLMDEF table to support wildcard characters.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

Implement a "run on server" like function in the CICS Explorer SDK for CICS Java development testing

Currently CICS Java testing from Eclipse is not an easy task. This is mostlly because testing requires a real CICS system. This implies connectivity, CICS deployment, CICS refresh and exposes the CICS complexity to Java developers. Also debugging ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 10 Delivered

Authentication and identity propagation for API Rest DB2

When using ZCEE, you already have a connection with a USERID identified by RACF. When you go to the Rest DB2 API, the only two ways to identify yourself to DB2 are Basic Authentication or passtickets. In these two cases, the user is hard coded.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Temporary storage cleanup in CF

During simultaneous Cics's startup, new pick have emerged due to delete of TS queue.Temporary storage cleanup in CF .So customer is asking these following requests: 1-Is it possible to somehow assign the cleaning to a single region or alternately ...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Addition of an "USS Command" record and enhancements to the DBB BuildReport table

USS Command record : This new record would be used to store information about the execution of a USS command. It would be reported in the DBB BuildReport for subsequent processing (like packaging or UCD component version creation). This record wou...
over 1 year ago in Dependency Based Build 2 Delivered

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