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LPEX JCL editor needs to have the same syntax support as JCL editor

LPEX JCL editor currently does not support JCL statements such as EXPORT and related keywords.IDz LPEX JCL editor does not recognize EXPORT statement and related keywords such as SYMBOLS etc.When JCL is coded with EXPORT statement, error - Incorre...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

PWFI to be kept in the program is the same

A PWFI region is waiting for a new message for the transaction ONE. Actually, when another transaction code (TWO) needs the region, ONE receive the Status code QC, all the environment is offloaded. The environment of TWO is load. If TWO is associa...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

JWT Token Authentication Support for IMS Connect, TM RA and ICAL

We would like to use JWT (JSON Web Token) as the only method to authenticate against IMS Connect. Similar to what Network Security credential propagation support offers today, but more advanced and specific to JWT. IMS TM RA for inbound should pro...
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Not under consideration

Editeur Cobol et vue Outline absents en session de deboggage sous MicroFocus/Eclipse

Donner la possibilité d'utiliser l'Editeur Cobol et la vue Outline en session de deboggage sous MicroFocus/Eclipse sans IDZ
over 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Lifting File Structure Limitations

For I/O usability enhancement i suggest to allow lazy file definitions.In COBOL it is always a problem to read files which differs in file description between program code and file system.Example: FD INFILE RECORDING F.01 INRECORD PIC X(80).When t...
about 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect MQ one-way notification

z/OS Connect 1-Way operation MQPut. When a request is processed the MQPut successfully writes the message to the queue but no response is returned to the browser to confirm the request failed or was successful.
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Sort active sessions to the top of the display list like Session manager

IBM is helping us migrate from session manager to CL / Super session and one of the difference that we are unable to resolve for user community is how the menu is displayed for active sessions.
over 6 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide easy method to do a migration from a very old zWS release (example 8.6) to a newer one (example 9.5 or 10.1)

Currently, program EQQICTOP cannot be used to migrate FROM certain releases to other RELEASE. For example you cannot migrate from 8.6 to 9.5 in a single run of EQQICTOP, but you can migrate from 8.6 to 9.3 using an invocation of a 9.3 level of EQQ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Bring back Compiler Message placement at the end of the Compiler Listing

In current versions of COBOL, compiler messages are placed in the middle of the listing, between the "Data Division Map" and the "Assembler Listing". This makes them hard to find and makes life harder and frustrating for the programmer when he/she...
almost 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

New version of HLASM Toolkit feature SPM macros

Hi, This RFE consists of a new version of the HLASM Toolkit Feature Structured Programming Macros. The materials include: - structured programming macro source- test example source- suggested replacement for ch 2 of "HLASM Toolkit Feature User's G...
almost 10 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 7 Not under consideration

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