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Need to override class for a private region (IDz for IMS application with isolation)

Hi,We are working on an ADFz POC.When we want to set up a debug session for an IMS 3270 transaction in IDz debugger (IDz for IMS Application with isolation), we have a problem. The region that starts on mainframe is always started in the same clas...
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Delivered

Enable Enterprise PL/I programs which are compiled as NORENT (and linked into a NORENT/NONDLL program object/load module) to be able to fetch/call program objects which are linked as RENT/DLL, such as PL/I AMODE(64), JAVA, and other modern APIs.

Use case: Enterprise PL/I has the following requirements/restrictions documented in Chapter 1 of the Programming Guide (GI13-5620-00) regarding the RENT compiler option: “RENT (compiler option) If you link a module (either MAIN or FETCHABLE) conta...
about 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

IDz 14.1.0 cannot detect the lock owner information across different systems in a sysplex

IDz 14.1.0 cannot detect the lock owner information across different systems in a sysplex
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 3 Delivered

Allow use of file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters.

Allow the use of both file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters. As with the API and Service Implementations, we would like to see both Global and Requestor-Specific specification capabilities.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Additional System Policy triggers on Tranclass

Similar to the existing capability of defining system policy rules that trigger on the number of current user tasks in a Tran class, provide the ability to trigger system policy rules on the number of queued tasks in tran classes that have a purge...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

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.
7 months ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Delivered

Add new warning message for misuse of a literal as output argument

We would like to get warning messages issued, when a literal is passed as argument, which was explicitly declared as inOut or outOnly. The compiler handles this correct, but of course, the output value is lost. From our point of view, such code is...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Message IGYPG3192-E should be issued when Reference Modification with Inline Calculation is performed

When performing a MOVE operation with Reference Modification that uses Inline Calculation, if possible the compiler should detect if it will go beyond the rightmost character of the target variable and if so error message IGYPG3192-E should be iss...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

be able to get channel DFHTRANSACTION in JCICS

in JCICS there is a Task.getTask().getChannel("DFHTRANSACTION"); in the doc it say The named Channel object if it exists, or null if it does not. The named channel will only be returned if it is the current channel, or if it was previously created...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

AD usage

Application Discovery should have a capability to track the usage of the AD product. It should be possible to:* measure number of connects to the AD services (to be able to measure # users)- what functions used in AD (graphs,reports,usage)- # inte...
about 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Delivered

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