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CICS ASYNC API - USERID option for RUN TRANSID

The request is to add 'USERID' option to 'RUN TRANSID' CICS async API command to be able to start the child transaction in a different security profile.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Future consideration

General codingrules missing in static analysis

Add 3 more coding rules regarding static analysis that we think should be in IDz by default. 1. Strings should only be moved to variables large enough to hold them without truncation https://rules.sonarsource.com/cobol/type/Bug/RSPEC-3921 2. Colla...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 3 Future consideration

Program Analyzer should install custom rules in writeable USS folder and not in usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr

Currently, the Program Analyzer is installed in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg. This location is read-only, so we cannot save our own rules in /usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr. The usr/lpp/IBM/akg/cr folder should be moved to a writable location (perhaps /var/...). As a wor...
9 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration

Monitor End-to-End Access in real time for Audit Purposes

The requirement is to monitor end-to-end access from requester to the databases. The audit information must be available in real time to a Security Information and Event Management system (QRadar). Monitoring is for both inbound and outbound acces...
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Not under consideration

Provide ISO 2014COBOL Decimal Floating Point Support

Submitted By: 3100012QSB #56Submitted Date: 2016-06-14, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

Unique execution identifier for a rexx with a start and end message

IBM OMEGACENTER Gateway generate for every event a unique execution identifier so called match id which is stored and accessible in a match variable. Every output or action that is generated by this user rexx will be logged with this unique number...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z NetView 0 Future consideration

Passticket support for Database Access

Hi, We use passticket for IMS SQL Batch utility. The passticket also supports MFA in batch utility. We would like to see the passticket usage in IMS Explorer for database connection, which simplifies our access for development systems. Thanks !!
over 2 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Not under consideration

Historical data for "MSU Statistics" are not available in TOM/e3270

Historical data are not available in TOM/e3270 for METRIC KM5MSUCAP.
about 3 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Developer for Z control-flow to number or order the called sub-routines within the calling routine

When viewing a program control flow diagram it would be great to see the sequence that the subroutines are called within a calling routine. This would help provide a much deeper understanding of the actual program logic. Also some indicator or cou...
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Please consider adding a monitoring field / 110 record field to track CPU time consumed by TCB switches caused by code not being threadsafe

Considering that an effort to migrate a customer's suite of applications to be threadsafe can be difficult, time-consuming, and therefore expensive and risky, it would be very beneficial to have a mechanism the help objectively quantify the potent...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

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