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Preserving service interface customisations in the API Toolkit service projects upon re-import of an updated copybook

z/OS Connect API Toolkit allows COBOL copybook fields to be renamed within the Service Interface definition so that COBOL copybook field names are not exposed in the APIs. For example you may rename a copybook field from CPY-CUST-FR-NAME to custom...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

PLT TABLES LOADED DURING THE STARTUP. NOT COMPILED.

Our Macys customer have over 400 regions, each using it's own PLT PI and PLT SD. During an upgrade, we have to compile over 800 PLT tables, which is very time consuming. Plus we have an extra work to document and keep track of all the PLTs to know...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

Maintain access to SGC recovery at original site after Global Mirror Region Switch

After a Region Switch, it is no longer possible to recover from the Safeguarded Copies at the previous site. This prevents us from being able to go back in time as we could if we remained in a single site and represents a huge gap in SGC functiona...
almost 3 years ago in GDPS 2 Delivered

Add "Create Result Data Sets" to Compare function in File Manager plug-in

In the File Manager IDZ plug-in, add the "create result data sets" feature to the Compare function, as it exists in the equivalent File Manager ISPF version. This is an extremely useful feature which is used extensively by File Manager users. The ...
over 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Add to SPI INQUIRE SYSTEM the region grouplists used at startup

Add to the SPI INQUIRE SYSTEM the option to display/query the region grouplists used at startup. Right now if you need to query this you need to review the job output and if you want to query this programmatically you need to chase down the inform...
almost 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

IMS parameter at MPP region to choose wich userid pass at DB2 signon

Currently IMS pass at DB2 signon the transaction userid. We would like to have a parameter for MPP region (on transaction perhaps),to choose which to indicate to DB2 to use as userid at signon: transaction userid, MPP region userid jcl,...
almost 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Terminal Management 1 Delivered

Java 11 IM packages for z/OS

Enable customers to maintain their Java versions using installation manager in the same way that they manage their Liberty versions. Enable customers to use JDK versions that are different from the system installed Java.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 6 Delivered

Automatically populate the "Data Type" when running a selected DB2 statement

Since the previous "Value"s are stored after running a selected DB2 statement, it would be helpful if the "Data Type"s of these host variable would be retained. This would be especially useful for queries with several conditions. It seems as thoug...
12 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

AD Authentication & Authorization

Today the Analyze client does not authenticate to the AD Server and Microcsoft SQL Server. At our site, it is required that there is at least authentication from the clients. If possible, we even would go one step further such that user atuthentec...

dynamic update of a policy without stopping CDP started tasks.

Today, when we update a policy, we have to stop start SDE, LF and DS to activate the changes. It's not acceptable in a production environment.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 2 Delivered