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Add an option to Refresh dependencies and SYSLIB automatically (in one shot) during Remote syntax check

Requested evolution :Refresh dependencies AND refresh SYSLIB automatically in one shot, during the Remote syntax check. For example, during Remote Syntax check, a window can be displayed, asking for several choice like :1/ "Refresh dependencies an...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 6 Future consideration

JCL IF statements do not show the IF condition in the Job Flow graph like how the Program flow chart shows it

The job flowgraph analysis does not show the exact conditions (via IF statements) based on which the specific steps are executed.
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Need ability to migrate to new DASD under GDPS in MGM environment

Need ability to migrate to new hardware while keeping existing MGM DR and availability positions intact.
over 6 years ago in GDPS 11 Planned for future release

: Preprocessed lines in PL/I Editor should be colored like normal lines

After the local preprocessor is used to preprocess a PL/I file in the PL/I Editor, all lines that are changed by the preprocessor are colored dark blue. This is even true for statements that extend over more than one line, where the first line is ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Not under consideration

MCDS D records remain for years after recall.

When datasets are recalled, D records are not deleted from the MCDS until (recall date + 3 + #days unreferenced until migration.) which can cause D records to be kept for many many years. As this is works as designed, audit does not indicate any f...
about 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

provide a COBOL cross-compile environment for Linux on System z target

provide a way to generate program objects that can run under Linux on system z, e.g. by adding compiler option specifying target [operating system=SUSE|RedHat, architecture, addressing environment]
over 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Dynamically Restart Job Occurence

We would like the ability for the controller to be able to dynamically restart a job in the plan, similar to WAPL started task.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Allow DFHJVM* logs to roll based on file size

We recently upgraded to CICS 6.1 and encountered an unexpected log message from a Liberty JVM. It wasn't frequent enough to trigger alarms in test, but did once it went to production, filling our logging partition. We attempted to delete the massi...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Unable to run FTP script in PComm

Reflection allow users to invoke a script that contains native FTP commands. We have been unable to perform this functionality in PComm.
over 5 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Provide support for PANDAS

Can support be provided for the PANDAS package please? This is one of the most common and essential packages used within the Python community and is required on the z/OS platform too. Any Site/Product that provides Jupyter Notebooks for python bas...
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration