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Direct access to SQL Database from AD Analyze Client

Direct access to SQL Database from AD Analyze Client
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Direct access to OrientDB from AD Analyze Client

Direct access to OrientDB from AD Analyze Client.
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Create STATIC STORAGE section for Cobol

Fixed, static, final, constant... data are embeded in the load module and move to WORKING at program initialization. For large tables in an transactional application server like CICS, it is done millions of time eating a lot of CPU. a NEW storage ...
over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

In IMS Recovery Expert, if there is no quiet time, show least busy times.

Currently, IMS Recovery Expert only shows quiet times when the database does not have any inflight Units of Work. When looking at recovery scenarios with Cyber Vault situations, we may have periods of time that we will need to recover to where the...
almost 2 years ago in IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS / Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Add additional report to view the unused variables in a program

Is it possible to see the unused variables in the program? Variables which are just declared and never used in the program. Currently developer can be able to see the unused procs in the program in report "unused routines within program".
almost 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

IMS CHECKPOINT : queuing of the COMMANDS

Actually, when an IMS command is entered when there is a SYSTEM CHECKPOINT, the command is rejected. The command should be queued instead.
over 5 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

RDz high performance text search for big host datasets without high CPU usage

We use Rational Developer for System z for developing host applications. Within RDz it is possible to do a text search for several host datasets. Sometimes we have to search in very big host datasets. But the RDz text search in big dataset is cpu ...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

For API Requesters - we need support for Recursive References in Swagger/schema

We're generating swagger with RSA v9.7 that contains recursive references. Today, the zconbt cannot consume this swagger. We need z/OS Connect to support these references and represent them, in some fashion, in Cobol data structures.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Ability to preserve "updater" information on DFHCSDUP COPY operation

When using the COPY command to COPY groups from one CSD to another, there should be an option to preserve the "last change" information on all of the resources being copied.
over 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Request for a feature in IMS to generate artifacts directly with a batch job

When you want to expose an application program as a service provider, you need Rational Developer for System z (RDz), which provides tooling for generating artifacts needed for IMS to provide and consume Web services.So you need another tool diffe...
over 9 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

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