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AT-TLS SUPPORT FOR TWS FOR Z/OS

AT-TLS is not yet declared as supported for IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS.This support is required.
about 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Please add the ability to see ENQ Models that is installed in the CICSplex

We are trying to not use the WUI, and to see ENQ models the only way we can do this today is using the WUI. Can you please add the ability to see see ENQ Models in Explorer.
4 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Enterprise COBOL - Capacity to exclude line comments from LISTING and MDECK

Hi, As explained in requests COBOLVUE-I-319 and COBOLVUE-I-352, we want to be able to exclude certain comment lines both from the compilation Listing but also in the expanded source produced by the MDECK compilation option. The *CONTROL NOSOURC...
4 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add visibility when a panel has a syntax error

When a panel has a syntax error, in TLVLOG we see messages KLKDM1* on the first time the panel was called, but that can be hours after the STC started, so it goes undetected. Is there a way to make such errors more visible ? For example, if these ...
9 months ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Future consideration

Boolean support and bit manipulation

Support for Standard COBOL "Boolean support and bit manipulation".This includes (but is not limited to those I might have overlooked):- Boolean data PICTURE clause, i.e.: USAGE DISPLAY PICTURE 1.- USAGE BIT, i.e.: USAGE BIT PICTURE 1(8).- GROUP-US...
over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Not under consideration

Showing LPAR memory from GDPS panel Standad Operations

From GDPS Standard Operations , we can deactivate/activate an LPAR but we don't see the STORAGE allocated , would it be possible to add it ? Also , we can see the CF from GDPS (same panel), could you add some information around memory (allocated,I...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

TM RA support for SEND_ONLY with ACK

In the SEND_ONLY scenario without ACK, IMS input messages are lost when the IMS transaction is stopped. There is no notification (SEND_ONLY without ACK). Unlike IMS Connect API, IMS TM Resource Adapter does not support the SEND_ONLY protocol with ...
about 1 year ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

Kerberos support for pcomm 3270 sessions

For 5250 Sessions kerberos is implemented and available. Since we have customers running pcomm to connect to z-Series with 3270 sessions we would like to have kerberos support for the 3270 session types.
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration

(TPFUG) Create new DFDL function to release memory when building or parsing while using DFDL APIs

Create function(s) to release memory following the invocation of DFDL APIs. This would alleviate memory leaks when calling the APIs multiple times.
9 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local

TS015047272: IDz v16.0.2 File transfer CR/FL char is not showing while transfer file from Remote system to local. File contains non-roundtrippable characters tried to transfer from remote system to local should transfer those char as well ex CR fL...
9 months ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Future consideration