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Cobol JSON PARSE - Keep unparsed JSON Structures/Fields

It should be possible to store everything that is attached under a JSON object that you specify in an Xer field. For example, if I get a list of orders that I then have to pass on to subprograms, I would like to be able to parse {"topic": "xy", "o...
over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Debug 'z/OS Batch application using JCL' without file suffix *.jcl

Hi IBM, when I like to create a Debug Configuration with "z/OS Batch application using JCL", I need to select a "Base JCL". Unfortunatley IDz doesn't resolve this JCL Member/Data Set, if the "z/OS File Mapping" for that remote data set is not *.jc...
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ITOM parallel sysplex high availability

Provide capability for ITOM capture proc to run on any system in the sysplex without manual updates to parms
about 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

SSRANGE have more granular suboption such as enabling checking to target (update) fields only

During runtime whenever COBOL code don't well handle for reference modification fields such as below it would cause serious storage overlay especially within CICS. WS-A PIC X(10)WS-B PIC X(20)WS-POS PIC S9(04) COMP MOVE WS-A TO WS-B (WS-POS:) Whil...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Gouping filters

While I love the product one of the frustrating aspects of it is the long list of remote systems filters that I have. While I need everyone I don't need everyone every day and trying to fined the one I need can get time consuming. I'm aware that t...
over 7 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 5 Not under consideration

Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
almost 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Not under consideration

Ship zAPM Connect Distributed Gateway binaries for customers to build images on top of customer-supplied base OS image

Usage of third-party pre-built images can have security or compliance issues in some enterprise customers. Company build pipelines can be mandatory, particularly where security guardrails built into CI/CD processes ensure vulnerability and end-of-...
10 months ago in IBM Z Application Performance Management Connect 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit and the Windows Certificate Manager

Certificate management via the Windows Certificate Manager for the z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit (Eclipse plug-in).
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

IzPCA report showing invokers of a given stored procedure

Application teams sometimes need information related to the invokers of a DB2 stored procedure, so we would like to see if IzPCA could provide the list of users ( DB2 authids) that invoke a stored procedure. That is, a report showing a list of DB2...
10 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

zIIP Enable VSAM/RLS processing

Similar to DRDA work coming into DB2, request to see a percentage of the CPU used to process VSAM/RLS requests from CICS enabled for zIIP offload eligibility.
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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