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Enable Super Session Modify command responses to be interrogated by Netview

When we were running ISM we had several automation scripts that required responses to be interrogated to determine if the commands were successful. We attempted to duplicate these scripts for KLS and were unsuccessful. We opened a case with IBM an...
over 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Hour Glass Cannot Exclude Modules from CICS

PROGRAM A is running in CICS transaction with HG altered time .. PROGRAM A calls PROGRAM B to create a log entry. We would like PROGRAM B to use SYSTEM time so the LOG entry has current system time. PROGRAM A business logic will continue to displa...
almost 6 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Rectangle selection in IDz editor

Rectangle selection is very commonly use in ISPF editor, but in IDz editor this feature is not user friendly in both LPEX and COBOL editor. In System Z LPEX Editor:- need to select in context menu or press "Alt+R" before use, it should allow users...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Code Review for C

We noticed that code review for C and C++ code is available in Rational developer for AIX and Linux, is it possible to include it on IdZ?
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Payload string values that are too long cause Web Service and API runtime errors

CICS requires a maximum length to be specified (implicitly or explicitly) for all string fields in Web Services and APIs. However, interfacing systems often don't have max length restrictions on strings (especially if they are not mainframe-based ...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

AD Build Client settings to connect with DB2 using SSL/TLS Certificate

Client needs AD to support a secure connection with the DB2 database using a certificate/key file. Client also requires a centralized certificate configuration
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

IMS service provider support for asyncRequestTimeout expiration

IMS service provider takes appropriate action when the asyncRequestTimeout expires Note: asyncRequestTimeout handling by the CICS service provider was added in V3.0.9.0.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

XML Processing Support

As XML is a defacto standard for distributed enterprise application communication, EGL should provide complete in-built support for XML processing. This includes parsing, validating, transforming, querying XML documents. Currently EGL only support...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

LOOKUP builtin function

Lookups are usually done via do i=1 to n while(^match) ordo i = 1 to n until(match) loops. This type of processing is not efficient even (see the "Use Case" below) if subsequent matches match on a next item in a table. What is proposed is a new bu...
almost 9 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

SIT parameters in a table view

The ability to see system initialization parameters in a table view for the entire plex, rather than per region.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration