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zUnit - Add support for PL/I "or" as exclamation mark instead of default vertical sign

zUnit PL/I compile fails with ! translated as |zUnit with PL/I source does not support the exclamation mark as "or" in the code.When generating a testcase in PL/I from RDz the "or sign" is always generated as a vertical bar instead of an exclamati...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Delivered

GDPS "administrative" operation: throttle Cpu usage

we ask that GDPS throttle some specific activities (like CONFIG operations and Monitor2) that are considered less critical than the Freeze or HyperSwap.
almost 5 years ago in GDPS 4 Delivered

RTMC - Grafana links for orgID != 1

The RTMC starter kit dashboards provide internal links that reference orgID=1. This appears to be the default Grafana organization. When multiple organizations are defined in Grafana this may lead to 404 errors when navigating through dashboards. ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

CL/Supersession needs to propigate the CV64 from the original session to the target sessions

We are creating a VTAM Session Management Exit to contol who can signon to which target applications. We use CL/Supersession as a frontend to logon to the target applications. We need the CV64 information for the SME so we can determine whether to...
over 11 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

"Toggle Comment" in the jcl editor

What I have expected - and what I need - was a function 'toggle comment' like it exists in the cobol editor. In this editor, it is bound to the same shortcut Ctrl+/ so I was a little bit puzzled and have mistaken 'Toggle Comment Continuation' with...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Delivered

ISO Dynamic Length elementary Items as defined in the ISO 2014 COBOL Standard

Add support for dynamic (variable) length elementary items as defined in the ISO 2014 COBOL Standard. These are similar to (and compatible with) DB2 VARCHAR or PL/I prefixed variable length data items. They also include support for null terminated...
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Delivered

lowercase UUID() and UUID4()

As described in rfc4122, PL/I (everyone) should generate UUID's in lowercase.As it is currently uppercase, you may enable this by a compiler option.
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Improved flexibility with Supersession trigger keys

We are in the process of migrating from another Session Manager product to Supersession. Our customer is used to having the possibility to select a session from their main session menu using shortcuts (F1 for first session, F2 for second session a...
over 3 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Delivered

Do the password/passticket validation at signon based on a Generic Resource name if CLSS is running as a Generic Resource

We running CL/Supersession as a Generic Resource and want to implement a certificate based logon to the TELNET server.While the TELNET Server
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Delivered

DFHAM4838 Duplicate Definition - display the Groups.

Display the Existing Definition Group and the duplicate New Definition Group; make cleanup easier, when definition in multiple groups; can visually see in message, DFHAM4838 E PAR1CICG 749 Install of DB2ENTRY KEDR failed because an existing defi...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered