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Data Shifting on File Manager display on pack COMP-3 data field

Data shifting to the right on File Manager when the data field is a packed Comp-3 value.
about 4 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

A List Relationships panel to list resources which have a relationship defined to the selected resource.

When modifying a resource, it is sometimes necessary to identify resources which have a relationship to the resource. There is currently no easy way to determine this information. It would be useful if there was a List Resources display (in the RE...
about 10 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Future consideration

Multi Factor Authentication compatibility with Infoprint Central

This request is to have Infoprint Central compatible with Multi Factor Authentication. Currently, we cannot sign into Infoprint Central using multi factor authentication. According to the doc, the apache server needs 64 bit enabled and configured,...
about 6 years ago in Printsw / Infoprint Server and Transforms 4 Future consideration

INGDB2 TERM add a possibility to define a User value for the LIMIT keyword

With DB2 9.1 message DSNV514I is new. DSNV514I DISPLAY THREAD OUTPUT CONTINUED (CMDID=command_id) explaination: A -DISPLAY THREAD command output directed to an MVS console is continued. This output is linked to the group of -DISPLAY THREAD message...
about 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Workspace with an enterprise overview about the current status for each CPC RMF DDS CPC report

We need a workspace that shows the current RTEMS selected for each CPC's RMF DDS CPC report retrieval. With that overview it would be easier to anaylse communication issues and prevent switching on the PlexView agent tracing to provide a friendly ...
about 2 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Super Session to pass CV64 when using virtual terminals

The source ip address does not reach CICS when using Super Session. When making a direct connection without SS or using the Pass function of SS the ip address reaches CICS. We attribute this difference to the use of virtual terminals in SS. Additi...
about 4 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Future consideration

INGOMX SOAP fault response

Normally, when a SOAP request is sent successfully to the SOAP server, the server responds with HTTP 200, and INGOMX writes the SOAP response to console. But in case of an error, especially HTTP 500 - Internal Error, INGOMX writes only the HTTP re...
about 8 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Automatic remote project file delete problem

I want to prevent automatic removal of files in a remote z/OS project. See also use case description. Why is it deleted from the project view without further question? Please turn off this behavior or add a confirmation prompt before deleting. Tha...
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Future consideration

SPUFI-like DDL interface

As discussed during IMS managed ACB meeting, we would prefer to have SPUFI-like DDL interface instead of java based SQL Batch utility.
about 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

ZMDES DISPLAY full path display needed

ZMDES DISPLAY doesn't always display the full path to files. Comments from the PMR state that file paths are longer than we can fit in the tabular display. Those get shortened. The end of the path is deemed most important, since the assumption is ...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration