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PITERGO0812-1530 Write SMF89 from Cobol & PLI

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Holger.WunderlichSubmitters Company: ITERGO PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PITERGO0812-1530 Write SMF89 from Cobol & PLIHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: InvestigateCl...
almost 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered

PGAD0712-1525 File Description to support codepage (CCSID) definition for z/OS Host languages

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: xgadweiSubmitters Company: GAD eG PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PGAD0712-1525 File Description to support codepage (CCSID) definition for z/OS Host languagesHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core Techn...
almost 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Delivered

COBOL needs to support EAV disk volumes

IBM announded EAV disc volume on zOS 1.10 for VSAM datasets and on zOS 1.13 the sequential access method supports it. Customer programs that explore macros DASD OBTAIN, CVAFDIR, CVAFSEQ, CVAFDSM, CVAFFILT and OPENS the VTOC must be reviewed al cha...
almost 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

Request to create a utility to provide Distribution IDs by report, which is like the opposite function of the REPORT

End user is trying to generate a report which has the list of distributions ids list for each report. Request came to us as - Need report cross-referencing TOM reports to recipients. After research from the Report Admin and application teams in CA...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Use cases for iTOM admin reports

Report administrators would like to see additional functionality developed into the iTOM UI. This can be presented via administration reports or specific dialog selections. These use cases represent common tasks and queries.
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

ITOM: Use of RACF FACILITY Class Profiles

BUSVAL : 5 INVVAL : 3 ENDVAL : 4 GROVAL : 5 SYSVAL : 5 KEYWORDS : ITOM TIVOLI OUTPUT MANAGER RACF FACILITY CLASS UGVOTES : +5=2 +1=1 abstain=1 Priority=3.7 DESCRIPT : The (IBM) TIVOLI OUTPUT MANAGER (a product similar in function to RMDS) utilizes...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enhance chargeback data to allow for billing of DB2 resources to the end user

Enhance product generated SMF records to include a metric for DB2 usage so that appropriate charge back can be applied. Much of TOM's overhead occurs within DB2, IT requires visibility into what is driving that usage so that appropriate department...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

SMF reporting enhancement, need to associate ITOM record to SMF type 6

ITOM users require the ability to relate TOM SMF records for reports printed via a bundle to the SMF type 6 static bundle print job. Please see BJT-6973 for more details.
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Provide batch update capability

Report administrators managing very larger/active shops often find themselves needing to make similar updates to a large amount of objects in the iTOM inventory. To make these changes one at a time is very time consuming, error prone and quite cum...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

TOM dialogs need to make it harder to accidentally delete objects

When ITOM presents a panel for the selection of a linked record (to link a printer attribute to a custom report, for example), the user must enter an "S" next to the record to be selected. The same panel also provides a function to delete a record...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

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