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Additional Linux distributions support - CentOS

Looking at hosting zd&t in the cloud, it would be nice to have a no-cost option as far as OS is concerned. CentOS Linux is free - it would help keep costs down.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

zSort Support for zWS

Allow usage of the hardware accelerated approach to sorting by z/OS Workload Scheduler (zWS) to take advantage of the IBM Integrated Accelerator for Z Sort. The aim will be to reduce the CPU costs and improve the elapsed time for eligible batch wo...
11 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Connect - gRPC support

z/OS Connect supports the creation/consumption of RESTful APIs. As several customers use gRPC as their internal intercommunication protocol, it would be helpful to have that support also in z/OS Connect.
11 months ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

manage multiple API pipelines within single zcee instance

within our test systems we have multiple environments that may service an API. Within each environment we may have multiple pipelines or levels.We would like to be able to reduce the potential zcee server footprint by being able to manage multiple...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

CPSM Monitoring Tasks Threadsafe - CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED)

Enable the CPSM Monitoring Tasks to run as Threadsafe; running on an Open TCB, CONCURRENCY(REQUIRED). Currently, they run on the QR TCB; and the sampling and occupancy of the QR seems significant, impacting the normal business transaction applicat...
11 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Start AD usage analysis from IDz editors

Currently, a developer has to copy the variable or section name and change the perspective (Application Discovery Browser) in order to then select all AD projects. Then the copied name must be pasted and the analysis "Use in program" started.

SSRANGE Functionality Enhancement

Enhance SSRANGE regardless of selected option (MSG/ABD) to stop memory overlays when starting position for reference modification exceeds target data field length.
almost 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Add Open Perform Hierarchy from Show In > Data Elements view

Open Declaration and Occurrences in Compilation Unit are available in the Data Elements view. Open Perform Hierarchy needs to be added.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Program Type in results should be accurate

If you specify DB2 or IMS and run the testcase, the zUnit results editor always shows BTCH, meaning the options DB2 or IMS which you chose in the generation phase are not reflected in the results
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 3 Not under consideration

Debug Tool should report the Jobname and Jobnumber in message +EQA4037I

It is very difficult in transaction systems like IMS MPP's, to find out the messages (i.e. Displays) if the user does not know in what region the IMS transaction was debugged. Therefore the Jobname and Jobnumber would be very helpfull
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration