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Passticket support for Database Access

Hi, We use passticket for IMS SQL Batch utility. The passticket also supports MFA in batch utility. We would like to see the passticket usage in IMS Explorer for database connection, which simplifies our access for development systems. Thanks !!
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

Program name in PUT DATA / PUT LISTwithin CICS runtime

When running PL/I programs under CICS it is sometimes necessary to activate PUT DATAs or PUT LISTs to analyse problems within applications.The output of PUT DATAs or PUT LISTs is prefixed by Terminalid, Transactionid and timestamp. The program nam...
over 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Prepare the product using z/OSMF for Software Management

Software management by z/OSMF would make new function, Installation, FIXes, and APARs handling easier.
over 1 year ago in IBM Z JCL Expert 0 Planned for future release

Ability to Suspend a Timer Across IPLs

It would be appreciated if we can have ability to suspend a timer and keep that timer suspended across IPLs.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

z/OS Project View Should Support Refresh

When importing a project via the Git Repositories view, the z/OS Project view does not always update. This is indicative of the view not receiving the UI hook when another view updates the filesystem. I've had to close and then reopen the view on ...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Update SCNMLNK1 member ISTIECCE to tolerate supported versions of NetView

Providing the ability for new versions of NetView to tolerate supported versions of ISTIECCE (and perhaps ISTIETMN?) would allow significantly higher availability for VTAM users. Per Communications Server documentation: "Because VTAMLIB is opened ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Allow additional custom actions to DWC "More Actions" menu

Currently DWC only allows for one Custom Menu (url) to be displayed in the "More Actions" menu using the twsObjectDoc section of TdwcGlobalSettings.xml . We have a requirement to have more than one Custom Action for jobs/jobstreams to point to mul...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

REXX

Support REXX
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 5 Not under consideration

LPEX editor : new preference to save blank lines in a VB member of a PDSE as records with length 1

In our environment our PL/1 source libraries are PDSE libraries with RECFM=VB and LRECL=259 When we add a blank line to a member of such a library with the ISPF editor a record is created containing 1 blank (length 1) However when we add a blank l...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration

Record Data Test Case Window

In zUnit when the Test Data Editor is open, you select the Red recording button, the Record Data Test Case Window pops up where you push the Start Recording button. This window is modular, the whole workspace is frozen while this window is display...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 1 Not under consideration

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