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Accept the use of structure = ''; for defined structures

Initialization of DECLARED structures can be done with Structure = ‘’; But for DEFINED structures, one get IBM1678I Assignment of CHARACTER to STRUCTURE TYPE is invalid. This is seen by most of our developers as an impediment to the adoption of de...
over 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Create latest HOD package in Docker Container

Bureau of Fiscal Service is currently upgrading Host On Demand implementation and moving from AIX to RHEL and to the latest version of HOD.
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Planned for future release

TADZ - VIPA Support

Enable the TADZ STC HSIJANLO to bind to a VIPA to make this product Sysplex aware.
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

GET a message on HOD logs or a Popup

HOD :Server presented a certificate that was not trusted (Comm 662)
about 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Planned for future release

GDPS/GM to provide a function to revert/commit specific volumes

GDPS/GM does not provide any function to revert/commit specific volumes in the remote site. Reverting/committing specific volumes is the best option to get out from a GM session that went into a FATAL state, especially if the FATAL state is due to...
over 9 years ago in GDPS 4 Planned for future release

Support for BIFF8 and higher EXCEL file format specifications in IBM Personal Communications.

Currently IBM PCOMM supports BIFF (BIFF4 and BIFF5) for Data Transfer utility and Copy operations. PCOMM has to be enhanced to support higher EXCEL file formats.PMR 22610,999,760 was converted to case TS003171311.
over 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

DWWGJCDS to use above the line storage

Hello,We are running the CICS/VR RCDS report and the job continues to abend with an S878.
about 3 years ago in CICS VSAM Recovery for z/OS / Other 0 Planned for future release

Collect zSort records, SMF_218 in IZPCA.

Currently IZPCA is not able to collect SMF_218. Could you please implement the mapping of this record type at least?
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Powershell Library for PCOMM

Social Security Administration is looking to improve some automated actions in conjunction with the PCOMM application. Powershell libraries would allow us to accomplish our tasks in a more reliable fashion than current practices.
over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

PCOMM/HACP support to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop

PCOMM needs to be installed in Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop. SF Case # TS006682454.
about 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release