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Add new "Process Option" to suppress returncode 28 of empty compare and/or search-for

Why we would like to be able to specify a new "Process Option" like EMPTYOK, so that SuperC, SuperCE, Search-For and Search-ForE (ISRSUPC) ends with returncode 0 instead of 28 in case of zero compare or zero search-for (e.g. after filtering).
over 8 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Other 6 Delivered

Enhance File Manager IMS to use same Security for DLI mode as BMP mode uses.

File Manager IMS We are converting from FileAid/IMS to File Manager IMS. With FileAid we relied on its built in security for BMP and DLI mode. We would like File Manager IMS to use the same security setup for DLI mode as BMP mode uses. Without thi...
about 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

CEDA EX LI(*) GR(ABCD) with CicsExplorer

CEDA EX LI(*) GR(ABCD) with CicsExplorer is not possible.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Perform UNASSIGN Dialog Needs "Force" Option

In the "CICSPLEX Definitions" table, when I right-click on a CICSPlex and select "Unassign from CMAS...", there is no "Force" option on the resulting dialog box. Can the Force option be added to Explorer? Doc for unassigning: https://www.ibm.com/s...
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Delivered

Requesting ADABAS / Natural support in IMS

Request for ADABAS / Natural support in IMS
over 8 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 0 Delivered

Cobol editor should prevent "save" action if data is entered after column 80

Customer is running RTC 602 and RDz 951. When a developer types Cobol source after column 80 with COBOL Editor, the save action and the RTC check-in/Deliver are permitted. When compiling with RTC, the translator ends in error with a truncation err...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Delivered

Clean Code: Flag (more) unreferenced declarations.

Unused Named Constants, some BASED variables and maybe more declarations are not flagged in the Compilerlisting as UNREFERENCED. It is not relevant to the performance or other things at run-time, but to have a clean code (more maintainable), it wo...
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

High CPU in DFHXMAT when the current number of TCLASS'd tasks approaches 99,999.

Each task that is attached is assigned a task number even if it is just queued in a TRANCLASS. CICS uses just 99,999 task numbers. As the current number of attached tasks approaches 99,999, DFHXMAT spends much time on the attach of each task figur...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

RULES: (NO)LAXSTMT

(NO)LAXSTMT as a suboption of RULES: There may be maximum 1 statement per source (not PP) line.
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Delivered

Need Prime Dupe Compare Tool

We recently had a Prime/Dupe mismatch problem in our FOS production system. We were identifying problem the addresses as dumps surfaced, and/or had to find them manually.Because we only have 2 arrays on that system, we were finally able to determi...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

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