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Change IMS Catalog Definition Exit DFS3CDX0 to make it more user friendly

DFS3CDX0 is used to provide settings and attributes of the IMS Catalog to Batch application programs.It is an alternative to code “xxx” in the JCL of batch jobs for referencing to DFSDFxxx Member in IMS.PROCLIB. Currently all parameters from DFSDF...
almost 6 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Allow IMS applications to connect with the MQ queue sharing group name

Allow a IMS BMP to issue an MQCONN call specifying the queue sharing group name instead of the queue manager name
about 3 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

IDz - Remote z/OS File Search - Search Concatenated Data Sets

Remote z/OS File Search enhancement: When multiple Data Set Names are specified in the Remote z/OS File Search dialogue, please allow for the ability to request that the search treat the datasets as a concatenation of datasets instead of searching...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

Update LS2JS code to allow for a string of type json

Update the LS2JS conversion app to include a String type of "json" that would allow for the passing of a JSON payload without transformation and without the addition of quotes. "type":"string", "format":"json" for example the outbound z/OS Connect...
about 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Usage of Software Analyser with EWM EE

When one wants to trigger a scan, the pop-ups expose a view of the EWM folders connected to IDZ. Unfortunately it is not possible to trigger an analysis from these folders
4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

IDz to support BMS Map Subfields.

Need IDz to be able to support the ability to have subfields like in SDF. We have many maps today that use the subfields within SDF.
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Repair Utility of ONDV file on CICS Transaction history

OMEGAMON CICS is able to store CICS Transaction History in file. For example,<ONLINE_VIEWER> DATA_STORE_TYPE=FILEOCMP DATA_STORE_FILE_NAME=OMEGA.V551.*.RKC2HIST It is working fine while it is running on Product Data center. But, when Disaste...
4 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Nested Occurs Depending On (ODO) for JSON Generate

When several "Occurs Depending On" (ODO) are nested into each other, modifying the number of occurence for an ODO during run time change the way the storage is reorganized. We want nested ODO to behave in a way that would generate JSON tables with...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Make z/OS Connect policy support more flexible

z/OS Connect policy support currently is very limited. All rules are based on conditions on HTTP headers. The configuration parameter values which overwrite the original ones in the service archive can only be fix values or values containing the v...
over 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

IPCONN & Transaction AutoInstall

We have a TOR/AOR configuration. In the AOR we have these parameters in order to not define the mirror transactions that use the application: DSRTPGM=ISSDYP00,DTRPGM=ISSDYP00,DTRTRAN=@MIR If we use an MRO connection and execute this command in the...
about 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration