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Dynamic Variable Program calls

Allow for batch method of updating dynamic call programs
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Delivered

Improve documentation for Code Review JCL: AKGCR

For customers using z/OS Source Code Analysis. They can use the Code Review (CR) features on both the client and host. The documentation is geared towards customers who are setting this up on the client side. For customers setting this up on the h...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 2 Delivered

Exclude source lines of the false branches of conditional compilations from the Listing

Source lines corresponding to a false branch in a conditional compilation should be excluded from the Listing for readability. For that, it would be necessary:- have a compilation option and / or compilation directive to control the inclusion of s...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

Add field containing CICS BAC batch request utility job name to XPI commarea passed to CICS BAC user exit programs.

We are converting from DADS to CBAC and need to know which batch job is sending the request to CICS. This information is used to ensure production and non-production jobs is not submitted to the wrong environment.
about 3 years ago in IBM CICS Batch Application Control / Runtime 4 Delivered

There is no way to limit the size of AIDs Chain

Provide a CICS parameter or any other approach to limit the number of AIDs existing in a CICS region, i.e., when the chain of AIDs reaches this size limited by the specified or a given value, CICS stops to accept START TRANSID, perhaps, with a ret...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Delivered

z/OS connect Api customizalble JSON request/response

Z/OS connect api generates json request as <service>Operation and the response as <service>OperationResponse. A service name is case of a service toe cics is related to a cics connection. So every same service to a different CICS will ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

TWS/SA Asynchronous command completion

The TWS/SA interface allows for asynchronous commands by specifying the a 'Completion Checking Routine' in the Completion Info field. This is great, but completion of the TWS operation can only be done by the 'Completion Checking Routine' using it...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Delivered

Addition of "Search text in file" menu option in JES Spool Editor

Please include the "Search text in file" menu option when right clicking inside the new JES Spool Editor view in IDz. This feature is available in other editors but do not currently appear in the JES Spool Editor. In the LPEX editor which used to ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 3 Delivered

CICS TG SSL cannot scale

SSL Protocol Handler is single thread for all the handshake time. Just after the Accept() the handler should pass the process to the Connection Manager thread and then accept the next incoming request. If this is not possible SslHandler should be ...
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

/fb command shall produce a log file the simmilar as /m1 does

New CLI command introduced in v5.1.0.5 full build in background /fb produces the log file in the same way as using the foreground build client. Would be good that this /fb command would produce the log file in the same manner as /m1 command does n...
almost 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Delivered

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