Skip to Main Content
IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

File Manager for z/OS

Showing 170

Message d'erreur de compilation incomplet

Lors d'une erreur de compilation avec File Manager, le message d'erreur sous File Manager n'est pas clair.Il n' y a pas de rapport de listing
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Journal des utilisations du produit FM

log pour voir le nombre d'utilisateur connecté sur une journée
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Seperate DD for reports generated by File Manager Batch

Currently File Manager writes everything to SYSPRINT including reports. Reports should go to a separate DD.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Long varchar enhancement – functionality to scroll a specified number of bytes within the column

. In Table format, scroll a specified number of bytes; similar to how PF11 (or PF10) works in Char format for flat files.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Provide SMF Templates - allow SMF record selection

Opened on behalf of IBM Customer. File Manger to provide SMF Templates and allow the customer to use the templates to select specific records from SMF datasets
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Improve performance of RECSTATS in VIEW mode

Improve record processing time and memory usage of RECSTATS in FM VIEW mode.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DSC - display the from and to file DCB information as part of the output

On the DSC function :Display the from and to file DCB information as part of the output as well as number of records read and records written. this is a duplicate of 25722 which was submitted by another person in our shop ...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Lock template

We would like the ability to lock templates to prevent users from accidentally saving criteria that was intended to be temporary. This option must be intentionally set by template and users should not able to unlock from the the record identificat...
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

UNICODE Support for IBM File manager DB2 GUI

File manager does actually only has support for EBCDIC code pages. This requirement is for support of UNICODE (CCSID 1200 and 1208).
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager copy 2 export from the plug-in

Today, if the customer wants to do a copy to an export format, the only one available being XML, the only interactive possibility is through the 3270 interface.This feature is needed in the plug-in.
over 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration