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IDz does not recognize variables used in "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause that were defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION instead of the LINKAGE SECTION

Variables used in the "PROCEDURE DIVISION USING" clause have to be defined in the LINKAGE SECTION. If not, even if they are defined in the WORKING STORAGE SECTION, it ends with a compilation error on the mainframe "IGYPA3067-S Operand "REC-NSCERCH...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

SAIOM add support for SIP telephony to replace physical voice cards, allow SAIOM to be run as a VM.

We currently leverage SAIOM voice functionality in an IVR format to provide end-user automated tasks for the Operations team. we have SAIOM v2.1.2 running on bare-metal x86 Windows 2012 with Intel Dialogic Voice cards. we need to move off bare-met...

Encryption of the vsam databases

It could be advisable to have the possibility (by parameter of instance) to encrypt all (or some vsam database. only users having the right access to IWSz can access and read the content of the vsam files. there are some non-IBM tool allowing the ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Report USS-usage in CICS Statistics and CMF

Migrating to CICS TS 5.5 we observed a notable increase of USS dubs with OTE-RMIs (CICS Sockets). This is described in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_5.5.0/installing/dfha1pk.html. I suggest to extend CICS statistics to provide...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

SUBSTR JCL command should support variables with up to 44 chars or allow a continuation with the SETVAR directive

It should be possible to process up to 44 digits within a SUBSTRING command or to allow a continuation within the SETVAR directive. Variables with a value with up to 44 characters are not supported with the SUBSTR JCL function.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

The ability for opening multiple host connections concurrently

We often need to connect multiple host environments concurrently in daily job. z/os connect does not have this ability. If we want to connect another host via cmci or cicsplex SM connection we automatically get logged out from the existing one.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Future consideration

Provide workspace to see transaction summary activity for whole CICSPlex in one screen

In very large institutions it's hard for people to see a enterprise-wide view of what is happening in CICS and the whole CICSplex. We are asking for a summary screen / workspace much like the FIND ACTIVE workspace, but with summary data as I will ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for CICS / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

PIF Request/Modify for CSR (Current Plan Special Resource) Interval

CSR (Current Plan Special Resource) Interval should be able to be changed through PIF.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Add ability to enable/disable JVMENDPOINT resource in CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin

CICS TS 5.6 created a new resource called a JVMENDPOINT. We would like to be able to issue enable and disable commands for this new resource via the CICS TS Urban Code Deploy plugin.
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Reduce vulnerabilities within the the Workload Scheduler / z Workload Scheduler tools by using industry standard password encryption

There is a risk that exploitation of non industry standard password encryption vulnerabilities by a malicious actor could lead to the loss of Customer data and potentially service outage. For example the Windows Agent users password encryption ado...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration