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Change DECIMAL-POINT to comma in File Manager for DB2

Display of numeric fields in File Manager for DB2 shows decimal point exclusively as ".". It is not possible to change to "," (comma), as you can do in SPUFI. It seems to be a good enhancement, as customers can use both characters to separate deci...
about 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Delivered

Update EQQPIFJC to support Cobol 6

Please can you upgrade module EQQPIFJC to support COBOL 6 in SYS1.SEQQSAMP.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 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...
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Add new XREF sub-option or another new compiler option to get enhanced File Reference Information about the used source and include members

While working on the migration from Serena ChangeMan to BMC ISPW we came across that no tool other than the PL/I Compiler can correctly detect, which version of the source and include members have be used during the compilation. This data is impor...
about 2 years ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

ServiceNow integration for IZWS

Today we have our Mainframe and DWC installed next to it. We would like to create some automatic incidents on ServiceNow by using ‘’events’’ on DWC through API on the Mainframe.
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Delivered

JES - retrieve job display LPAR/member name

When retrieving jobs, a list is displayed of jobs which match the entered pattern/criteria. Please add LPAR/SYSNAME/Member Name to the displayed info
over 3 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

Have CICS record in SMF what TLS level is used in TCPIP conne;ctions.

Currently there is no way to know what kind of security level a TCPIP connection to CICS used in the SMF data.
over 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Support for Jakarta package and JCA 2.x

Microprofile is aligned with JakartaEE (ex J2EE) standard, javax package has been removed in favour of jakarta ones. Cics Transaction Gateway (and also IMS Connect) still continue to use the old JCA 1.7 and javax.* packages, forcing projects that ...
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

Automation of project construction

In the case of mapping deployment across the IT system, we want to optimize and automate the different phases of project construction. Here are the phases we would like to automate: -Creation of the project-Agent Setup-Launch agent for source reco...

Adding filter to client certificate

In order to be able to accept calls only from authorized clients and not from all those who have a certificate generated by one of the CAs loaded in the ring used by the CTG, it would be useful to be able to configure a list of common name clients...
about 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Delivered