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field containing CVTSNAME in log record x'56FA'

we need a new field in record x'56FA'.this field should contain value CVTSNAME (euqal to field ST4500_OSNAME in record x'4500')
about 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 3 Not under consideration

AD build Client - Decisions mechanism for PL/1 language

Support of Decisions mechanism for PL/1 language in Application Discovery Build Client.
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Transaction and Timestamp for COBOL DISPLAYS in IMS TM

Add IMS transaction code and timestamp (date and time) to output generated by COBOL DISPLAYs, similar to the CICS environment. When a COBOL DISPLAY is invoked in the CICS environment, the data passed to the DISPLAY command is prefxed on output to ...
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Not under consideration

DTCN FORCE for choice of entries

we need a less restrictive DTCN FORCE command to make sure the user does not create a generic profile we just need a program name or a terminal , or a user id . So instead of DTCN FORCE PROG requiring always a program name we need something more r...
almost 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement to use bundled Liberty Profile

Remove the requirement to use bundled Liberty Profile with z/OS Connect EE. Allow z/OS Connect EE to install using a Liberty Profile supplied by the client. You can set minimum requirements. If any special functions are required, you can provide t...
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

A dynamic PRELOAD in dependant IMS region

Hi, For a Message Processing Region or Fast Path Region, it is possible to enable PRELOAD with a list of modules specified in a DFSMPLxx member of the IMS PROCLIB. To maintain a such static list in DFSMPLxx member is quit a heavy task. If it will ...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Application Enablement 0 Not under consideration

zPDT Licence Manager Installation

We are using zDNT environment for the testing & training purposes. We have token server, License Manager(LM) & zDNT instances & all are on AWS cloud VM. We have faced issue with LM connectivity. As per the IBM guidelines we have instal...
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 4 Not under consideration

Jump to next session key if only one session is active escapes to the menu

/* ----------------> begin changes <--------------- */ set rc (VSSINFO('SESSIONS')) klslog('&sysdlg info(&rc) drive KLSCNTL' 1) if (&rc <= 1) SELECT 'KLSCNTL' /* ----------------> end Changes <--------------- */ ...
over 2 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS File State Retention

Add persistance to SET FILE command allowing us to maintain state across COLD/WARM/EMERGENCY starts.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

COBOL - Support for COPYBOOKs conditional inclusion

Hi, We use IBM Enterprise COBOL V6, and we have taken advantage of conditional compilation to develop a framework of "adaptives" COPYBOOKs: conditional compilation variables are valued in the source code of the COBOL program; some are through DEFI...
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

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