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Information about "source complexity"

The Cobol V5-Compiler is able to lower the specified optimization level if the source is "too complex", a compiilation with the specified optimization level would take to long. I would like to have the Enterprise PL/1 compiler compute a "complexit...
about 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Delivered

Support Reading zOS Datasets line by line

zOAU currently only supports reading zOS datasets from a given point to the end of the dataset, or the last x lines. When processing a very large dataset we need the ability to read a zOS dataset line by line to prevent memory problems. Can ZOAU b...
about 2 years ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 2 Delivered

should be possible to reference all structure items

It should be possible to reference ? ?both items feld in a structure like<br /><br />01 struktur-01.<br /> 05 feld pic x(...).<br /> <br /> 05 struktur-05.<br /> ? ? ?06 feld pic x(..).<br /><br />...
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Delivered

File Manager - Ruler Bar

Request to add ruler bar in the File Manager Plug-in when viewing unformatted datasets. This allows quick viewing access to the cursor position without the need to move the cursor to a specific location.
about 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Adding arrays as request parameters

We need ZOS Connect to support query parameters as arrays to keep them as arrays, while converting the swagger to Copybooks rather then converting them to a single string
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

add PROTECT option on START CHANNEL similar to START

Need PROTECT option on START CHANNEL. Currently the only options available are TERMID, USERID and SYSID.
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Delivered

Enhance EPLI DISPLAY Command (Route-,Descriptorcodes)

Hello The EPLI DISPLAY Compile option determines how the DISPLAY statement performs I/O. This sets the options (e.g. WTO Routcode, Descriptor Code) for the Display Command I´d like to see more flexibility in the DISPLAY Command to allow override o...
about 6 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Monetary Values and DEFAULT-FRACTION-DIGITS

When using the JSON number decimal format the default setting is to 3 decimal places and we need the ability to set the floating point precision and to be able to specify DEFAULT-FRACTION-DIGITS in the build toolkit for outbound APIs.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Allow Multi APIs to use the same Base Path

Our API Developers want to us the same Base path for multiple APIs. when they attempt this - deploy fails with: Description Resource Path Location TypeAn error was received for z/OS Connect EE connection "..... 409 Conflict, BAQR7005E: The base pa...
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

TIM support for Passpharse

Our customer has decided to change the lenght of TSO passwords. They have decided to go for passphrase (9-100 characters) instead of passwords(8 characters). Currently the TIM logon screen will not support passphrases. Also, the password field is ...
about 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered