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Add a site defined Change Package Menu Option to trigger User Defined function/process.

Need a site defined change package menu option to trigger an immediate ISPF program (say Rexx) or another custom Exit Routine to perform site required checks - e.g. check JES queue and cancel scheduled future jobs.
4 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 2 Planned for future release

zCDP to support CA/BroadCom IDMS SMF record collection

In ASEAN, there is a customer who uses CA/Broadcom IDMS.Customer has some difficulty to produce any IDMS performance related report So.. if zCDP is able to collect IDMS SMF record in near-real time, then forwards it into Analytic Platform (such li...
8 months ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

Using Macro Vars to Define Extract Location Retrieves Only 1 Char in the REST Web Service

The developer is using macro variables to define where on the screen to extract a piece of data and the macro extracts it properly, but the web service built on that macro always replies with only a 1-character string. The macro is using macro var...
4 months ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

Support of jakarta package and JDK 17+ for IMS TM RESOURCE ADAPTER

Good morning. We are actually using IMS TM Resource Adapter, but despite the continous evolution of the java standard we are still force to stay on old JAVAEE 8 standard, due to the missing of support from IMS TM Resource Adapter to JAKARTA EE pac...
4 months ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 0 Planned for future release

Option to generate REST Open API Service JSON file without REST RPC lines

We want to create a OPEN API REST Service project without REST RPC. At this moment when a JSON file is created there are also REST RPC lines in it.As a result of that Postman uses this RST RPC Endpoint.
8 months ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 2 Planned for future release

GDPS - DASD Config to Allow FC Sessions

Hello IBM,In case TS003773513 we were testing the GDPS Metro 4.1 Preserve Mirror Tool and came across a problem which we had never seen with GDPS/PPRC 3.14 and its version of the PMT. The IBM case above stated that with 4.1 the PMT (which is now i...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

CDP and USS files group option

Currently the CDP user can set the group option to config the collected scope either Sysplex or Lpar only for Generic VSAM and Sequential data sets. For Generic zFS data streams, this option is not enabled. Could you change it please ? TS014662042...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Planned for future release

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is that possible to shift Secondary keyboard display from vertically to bottom on screen like v14x ?

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is that possible to shift Secondary keyboard display from vertically to bottom on screen like v14x ?
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 2 Planned for future release

Add environment variable or equivalent, dummy DD (?), such that a PLIDUMP call can check the existence of the envvar and call Fault Analyzer as part of its processing.

In much earlier versions of Fault Analyzer a zap was provided to the PLIDUMP code such that IDISNAP (Fault Analyzers dynamic call interface) could be invoked as part of a PLIDUMP call, without having to modify the application code. This is no long...
about 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Suspend file and Configuration refresh aborted

With SA 4.1 and the use of a suspend file, a configuration refresh may be aborted or rejected because errors related to the suspend file. The error messages may be issued in the syslog of a remote system and the issuer of the command is not inform...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Planned for future release

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