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Allow JSON(ENCODING()) to accept CCSID

Recently implemented compiler option JSON(ENCODING(EBCDIC)) only supports the current codepage. We use code page 037 by default. However, the JSON we work with needs to be 1047 due to interactions with other tools. The square brackets are especial...
6 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

IDz 14.1.0 cannot detect the lock owner information across different systems in a sysplex

IDz 14.1.0 cannot detect the lock owner information across different systems in a sysplex
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 3 Delivered

Allow use of file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters.

Allow the use of both file system logger and user-implemented interceptors with API Requesters. As with the API and Service Implementations, we would like to see both Global and Requestor-Specific specification capabilities.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Do a Logical Or on the target of an Execute instruction

When analysis uses the in-storage copy of the Execute target, it usually only displays the first byte of the operand and sometimes displays the wrong operand entirely. When the Ex target is an SS instruction then the length can only be determined ...
6 months ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Delivered

CANZLOG Archive file management

CANZLOG archive management improvements for archive files.    There needs to be a means to correlate updates to index and CZTOPAGE with automatic deletion of archive files.  ...Ideally, provide a 'CZTOARCH' or equivalent that specif...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z NetView 1 Delivered

Choice of colors for fonts of characters in the emulator TSO

In the development teams of people have vision problems. Some colors are avoided.
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 7 Delivered

HOD 14.0.2 Secure FTP with JSSE enabled - Issue with performance

When using HOD 14.02 secure FTP with JSSE enabled there is a noticeable performance issue. Performance means that the rate at which files gets transferred is very slow compared to other FTP tools. HOD tends to process the transfer of files singula...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

Additional System Policy triggers on Tranclass

Similar to the existing capability of defining system policy rules that trigger on the number of current user tasks in a Tran class, provide the ability to trigger system policy rules on the number of queued tasks in tran classes that have a purge...
almost 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

JSON Parse and Generate in EBCDIC

LE (Language Environment) just implemented APAR PH57152 for COBOL to Parse and Generate JSON in EBCDIC. It would be useful if PLI implemented the same functionality. Developers often have issues in working in multiple code pages. Improper initiali...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Add new switch for cdadump/dwarfdump to specify locale

The dwarf data appears to be saved in UTF-8 format. When using the cdadump/dwarfdump program to display/print the variables and source sections, we see that various special characters are either printed incorrectly or shown as a hex escape sequenc...
over 1 year ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Delivered

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