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In addition to syntax checking in the Editor, please add semantic checking as well.

Semantic checking of the code in IDz Editor would make mainframe developers even more productive since they still are able to create code in IDz that passes all syntax checks without being valid code. You only see it in the JES Spoolfiles, once yo...
10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

Update LS2JS code to allow for a string of type json

Update the LS2JS conversion app to include a String type of "json" that would allow for the passing of a JSON payload without transformation and without the addition of quotes. "type":"string", "format":"json" for example the outbound z/OS Connect...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Control asyncRequestTimeout on API or Service level

Currently it is only possible to set the asyncRequestTimeout parameter on a server level within the zosconnect_zosConnectManager element. We keep the value for this default rather low to have some protection against misbehaving programs. For most...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Data of DFHPI0715 message are not correct

When CEMT P PIPE SCAN command ends, the following message is issued: DFHPI0715 I 05/23/2018 15:20:26 CICSPA01 CHGMAN PIPELINE PIPEPROH explicit scan has completed. Number of wsbind files found in the WSDIR directory: 002493. Number of WEBSERVICEs ...
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

GEOPARM Validation should include mismatch on Flashcopy Device size.

It can happen that a storage administrator makes an error when defining volumes causing a mismatch in device size. When activating a new DASD Config, checking is done for device sizes of PPRC source-target devices with FAILONSIZEMISMATCH=YES. Next...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Interface for non z/os users to change their TDWC password when TDWC is running on z/OS. Users do not have to use TN3270 session/TSO.

We began implementing DWC to provide the non-z/OS users (users that do not sign onto TSO & TWS panels) a view into TWS, more specifically, their applications. We have implemented in our Test environment, however, these users do have TN3270 ses...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 5 Not under consideration

Logging IMS record x'56FA' on SMF

Our customer Unicredit is going to implement IBM IzPCA product that gets in near real time the SMF records created by almost all system software products running on Z. The only important subsystem that cannot be managed in such a way is IMS. We wo...
over 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 1 Not under consideration

Enhanced Sysplex Distributor Support for z/OS Connect - SERVERWLM for DVIPAs

In order to achieve high availability in z/OS Connect, the product documentation (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-connect/zosconnect/3.0?topic=availability-sysplex-distributor) recommends use of a DVIPA to distribute workload between multiple LPAR...
5 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

JCE Provider support for IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services PKCS#11

IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services (HPCS) is a premium Key Management System with a Cloud HSM that is FIPS 140-2 Level 4 certified. HPCS is used as a backend HSM for several ISV products like Hashicorp Vault, Fujitsu Enterprise PostgreSQL, F5...
about 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Change GA date of new GDPS releases

Is there a reason why GDPS doesn’t release new releases in September to coincide with the new release of z/OS ? Would it be possible for GDPS to move to releasing software in the (same) September timeframe ? I ask as (we), Citi, time our builds of...
10 months ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration