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COBOL Compile option 'NUMCHECK(MSG)' function improvement request

We applied the COBOL Compile option 'NUMCHECK(ZON,MSG)' to prevent 'invalid data' that may occur during program execution.As a result of testing, we found that there were a lot of programs with 'invalid data' code.Program developers have the follo...
about 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) should use RACF EJBROLE to associated roles with a userid when the DWC running under z/OS (zliberty)

Currently DWC uses an internal DB2 database to associate roles with userids, and it allows RACF userids and passwords to be used at logon time but when assigning a role to the userid it depends on information in an internal database rather than ge...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Sample using C++ Foundation Classes with Containers

I could not find a sample using C++ Foundation Classes for CICS using container.I really need a sample code using containers
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

CQS display commands should show also the EMC usage

Commands /CQQ STATISTICS STRUCTURE ALL and QRY STRUCTURE SHOW(ALL) should show also the number of allocated and currently used EMC in a way similar to the one used in the output of message IXC585E :*IXC585E STRUCTURE DFSCQSMSGQSP IN COUPLING FACIL...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

MONITOR TSAMP APPLICATIONS FROM GDPS

GDPS currently provides the ability to monitor and control TSAMP clusters and nodes via the xDR panels. it does not however provide the ability to monitor applications defined to TSAMP (i.e. resources of class IBM.Applications).
over 6 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration

Stop/Quiesce Shared TS Servers in a controlled manner

There is currently no facility to quiesce activity in Shared TS servers in order to shut them down in a controlled manner. A CANCEL command is required to stop Shared TS servers.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Apply service level authorization to API path requests

If I protect a service using the authorization interceptor I would expect the interceptor to also be invoked if I invoke an API path that calls the service.
about 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Not under consideration

Utility to list PA Alerts from repository

Please create a utility to list the records contained in the CICS Performance Analyzer Repository so that any changes to specific record types can be monitored for drift from a baseline.
over 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

RBD SQL Retrieve lowercase charachter problem

Hello, Depending on the RFE record that number is 121100, change letter to lowercase must made according to English character set.
over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Add a way to stop queueing for STOPed transactions (for transaction switching)

When a transactions is STOPped, if you try to call one directly (from a terminal ou from IMS Connect), your requested will be rejected and the request will not queue. But if you make the call to the STOPped transaction from another transaction usi...
over 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration