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SYSTEM Policy action to influence WLMHEALTH

System Policy action to influence WLMHEALTH
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Ability to set the current timestamp into a request z/OS Connect sends to a backend system

A lot of input messages for transactions contain a timestamp telling the transaction program when an input message has been sent by a distributed application or by a host system of a business partner. For instance application-based transaction exp...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

CICS Explorer - Context/Scope Fastpath

Currently the CICSplex Explorer and CICSplex Repositories tabs are used to set the Scope/Context. We would like to have a Fastpath Search available for these 2 tabs
almost 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 6 Delivered

EYU9XLOP is called regardless of DYNAMIC(YES) specification

I would like transactions to invoke EYU9XLOP only if DYNAMIC(YES) is specified on a transaction when a region specifies either DSRTPGM=EYU9XLOP and/or DTRPGM=EYU9XLOP Right now, regardless of the DYNAMIC specification on the transaction, EYU9XLOP ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 12 Delivered

Support for Cobol Decimal fields 9(x).9(y)

We require support for the mapping of real decimal fields in Cobol -- in the form of PIC 9(x).9(y)..
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Compare submitted JES JCL

Allow an option to select two jobs, right click the selection and select Compare Submitted JCL. Currently we have to select Show JCL for each job, save the JCL, navigate to the saved location, select the JCL's, select Compare With > Each Other
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Delivered

Allow JSON PARSE to process anonymous table objects

Allow the ability to parse a JSON string that contains an anonymous table object.Currently unless the table object is named parsing fails.Could expand the NAME OMITTED Clause to allow this.
almost 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Delivered

Top Down Workflow

We have a pure top down approach for zos / connect This means we have a yaml or json file with the api definition. Out of this definition zconbt should create structures and members. The developer should just code the empty gaps. zconbt should be ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Compare two files from Remote Edit History view

When working with files in IDz it is often cumbersome to find and selecting different members in the Remote Systems view if the members are in different libraries. Users would like to have the option of comparing two files/members from the Remote ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 5 Delivered

Allow download of non-sensitive key information

A download information in CSV format using the Table view selected columns would simplify management of key inventory tracking. It would also be useful to perform reconciliation between EKMF Web and with the z/OS based CKDS and PKDS datasets (whic...
over 2 years ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 1 Delivered