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WF Micropattern DES=3 LEV=2 in Cobol Screen with 3 index generated as in a batch Program

Hi, When a Segment xxnn has a value in the Table size field of Segment Definition tab (Data Structure doesn’t have a common part Segment), if I insert the WF Micropattern in Working storage of a Screen to declare a table using this segment with De...
over 2 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Special Resource at Application Level

This RFE is opened in conjunction to the old and declined RFE #78363. Special Ressources (SRs) should also be connectable to whole applications (occurences) and not only at operation level.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Single SingOn for HATS WEB connections. We need it for MIDAS Core banking SSO

Problem description: We are using a WebSphere based banking application Midas Bank Fusion (from MISYS). User do connect to WAS using browser. WAS is using IBM-I for authentication and Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) to integrate with 52...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

Jira Integration in IDz

I would like to have an integration of Atlassian Jira within the IDE (thus Eclipse - please make it available in all your Eclipse based IDEs).Having this, I would be able to connect the ID of a Jira artifact into the user SCM sofware solution.
about 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

Create round-robin algorithm for CPSM routing.

This new routing algorithm would add to the existing [LN]GOAL and [QUEUE]. Allowing, by option of the system management, that the distribution of the routing is perfectly balanced. With the choice of this algorithm, it would be interesting to para...
about 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

GDPS 3.14 Check Topology Enhancement

MGM4SITE_CHECK_TOPOLOGY will stop upon encountering the first error in establishing PPRC pathing. In a 4-site Multi-target configuration this can become cumbersome due to the number of PPRC paths that need to be validated.
over 6 years ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

Network security credential propagation should have a parm for activation

We have a very high volume IMS environment, using IMS Connect. The Network Security Credential Propagation (NSCP) enhancement in IMS V15 will allow additional security information (up to 504 bytes) to flow in from the client side if all components...
over 5 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Support tolerant reader principle with CICS web services

In various systems the tolerant reader principle as specified by Postel's Law is used as a design principle. Currently CICS will not accept items which are not specified in the current schema of a web service.Please provide a function or parameter...
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Include the packlist in the downloads with HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN

When using RFNJOBS for downloading the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN, it would be ideal to include the packlist with it. Due to the HOLDDATA & SMPPTFIN are compressed or encrypted & not readily readable, the packlist is a quick way to identify t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Shopz 7 Not under consideration

Add Favorites or add the ability to reorganize in the graphs/reports of AD in IDz

While working in AD through IDz, it would be nice to have favorites for a user's top repetitive reports/graphs or the ability to reposition the list of reports/graphs. If a user constantly uses the same reports/graphs, this would be faster for the...
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration