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zCEE API Toolkit support for VARCHAR in Cobol

API Toolkit does not provide an efficient support for VARCHAR in Cobol.Example Cobol copybook:03 CUSTNAME. 49 CUSTNAME-X PIC X(080). 49 CUSTNAME-L PIC S9(04) COMP. Resulting JSON:"CUSTNAME" : { "type": "object", "properties": { "CUSTNAME-X": { "ma...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Put transaction and system dump tables in RDO (SHARE requirement SSCICS94012)

Settings for transaction and system dump codes should be able to be defined dynamically with RDO.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Delivered

Display all executing JES jobs at top of filter

Today the executing jobs are at the bottom of filter display. We need a way to filter them to the top of the stack? a way of setting the display order for the different types of jobs (input jobs/running jobs/output jobs)
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 8 Delivered

Ability to add TIMEOUT to Enable Cancellation of Disconnected Sessions

After implementing CL/Supersession with multi-logon support and preserve sessions on exit and exit KLSMLTZZ. We found a high number of disconnected sessions due to users closing their emulator, rather than exiting CL/Supersession cleanly. We would...
over 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Enable RACF Keyring changes to take affect without bouncing zOS Connect

If we add a certificate to RACF keyring that serves as the zCEE Truststore to enable TLS handshake with an endpoint, we have to bounce the server for it to be recognized. Truststores should be capable of dynamic refresh or dynamically reload via a...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Add a list of groups to z/os Connect globalInvokeGroup

The globalInvokeGroup element only allows a single group (assume RACF group profile), however, we need multiple RACF group profiles in order to support our development and testing. This would be similar to the multiple group support provided in th...
about 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref)

CICS to returne a error code on FREEMAIN on a ptr-ref from a GET CONTAINER SET(ptr-ref). Currently we get DFHPG0002 and DFHSM0002 error messages in CICS log when CICS try to freemain the storage and this has already been freemain in a business app...
over 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Add field to TLOGIQ and TLOGUI with the Version of TADz/IZSAM used to create scan file

We receive each month tens of thousands of TADz scan files from nearly four thousand z/OS sytems belonging to many hundreds of distinct client accounts. We have no way of knowing which scan files have been generated by which version of TADz, and t...
7 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

Export the data in ‘Data Elements' window to spreadsheet.

If we can export this into a spreadsheet, we can perform the following: 1. Use the Data element analysis and filter on different columns. E.g. filter on unused (reference count zero) variables. 2. Sum up the pic clause in spread sheet – to count t...
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE - Enable ID Assertion at individual API requester level

ID Assertion capability (to propagate security credentials from z/OS Applications onto z/OS Connect EE) got introduced with 3.0.24. It is a valuable one. But it can be configured ONLY at Global level (zosconnect_apiRequesters) within a runtime. Th...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered