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DFHFCT BDAM supported as RDO defined

Provide support for DFHFCT BDAM files to be supported in RDO,
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Force CICS to come up INITIAL with new Catalogs

If we have START=COLD, CICS tries to start with COLD even with new Catalog datasets. And it produces WTOR because it cant come up COLD with new Catalogs. Request is to force CICS to INITIAL start with New catalogs irrespective of START value of th...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

enhance discovery using taddm z/os dla

the zd&t tools should provide generalized capability to move/copy any subsystem from z/os to zd&t. This would be much easier if it used taddm z/os dla to do the discovery. In this way cics, ims, mq, broker etc etc could all be candidates f...
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Separate NUMCHECK's MSG/ABD suboptions by type

We're trying to ease our developers into NUMCHECK, and have mostly got PAC through, using the parameter NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,ABD) unless specifically requested to downgrade to NUMCHECK(NOZON,PAC,NOBIN,MSG) for a temporary duration (until the c...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

JSON Editor for IDz

Please add a JSON Editor (similar to the XML or SQL Editor)
over 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 3 Not under consideration

Extracting resource definitions when the MP CMAS is inactive

regarding technote 1497558 and RFE 25860we need to inqire resource definitions via API (EXEC CPSM GET OBJECT) in the time when MP CMAS is down => only read access, no update
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IDz program control editor next/last should be in program order

When using IDz Program Control editor, the Previous/Next buttons should flow through the diagram programmatically.Currently, they move alphabetically/numerically.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is not using the full display on monitor. It should enhance to use completed display area for better readability.

IDz v16.0.2 RCE is not using the full display on monitor. It should enhance to use completed display area for better readability. It will improve developer to read screen properly.
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Emulator 1 Not under consideration

31Char long COBOL words (current 30)

COBOL words (variable names...) can only be 30 characters.In ISO Standard it is limited to 31 bytes.Please enlarge the allowed length of such names.
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

The ability for CICS to capture data and graph into Grafana/Promethius.

We would like a similar capability that MQ supplies via GitHub that provides capabilities to format display data and allows you to graph it via Grafana/Promethius. This request would not be for a separate chargeable product but provided either in ...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration