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API to Return RACF Custom Fields

Capability similar to the Call ‘CBLTDLI' USING AUTH I/O_PCB I/O_AREA API to view a signed on user's additional RACF details from the segments that are defined to that Userid most specially the RACF Custom Fields that are defined for that user. Cur...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

ADDI is missing to show procs and control cards

TD Bank decided to use ADDI 5.1.0.4 and they were investigating about the file layout and control cards impacted. ADDI shows the impacted JCLs listed along with the step names and Programsalone. However, ADDI does NOT show any Procs and/or control...
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Digital - default range machine for enhanced signal producing device for water splitting

Digital default machine-device for enhanced signal producing device with inbuilt provision in cars for water splitting feature supported by small size quantum battery with automatic on / off facility
10 months ago in IBM Z System Automation 1 Not under consideration

Prevent Abends in the Software due to Deadlocks, Buffer full, etc.

When the product abends manual intervention is required to restart it. This requires support staff to determine the cause and restart the task. It also requires that a case be opened that your staff has to review and respond it, wasting time, then...
10 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Centralize the Documentation on the Lookup tables

Support Staff will better be able to determine how and why to update the Lookup tables.
10 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Let the Customer's DB2 Staff manage the Data Base Tables

Support for the software will be easier to manage. Trying to make sure the tables get updated with every upgrade is error prone requiring component reinstalls to fix missing tables / views. DB2 staff at a customer are always more intune with the i...
10 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Not under consideration

improve messages from DFH$MOLS job when they encounter "CONNECTOR NOT DEFINED" error.

It is not clear at all from current messages, when customers encounter the good old missing a dictionary record problem, when running the DFH$MOLS job. They get something like: X'019E' - CONNECTOR NOT DEFINED; REPORT IS TERMINATED The reason for t...
10 months ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

TPFUG: Enhance z/TPF Run Time Metrics Collection (zRTMC) Starter Kit to use Redhat Podman instead of Redhat Docker

Redhat is not supporting Docker in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 8. It is replacing it with Podman. Docker is only supported below version RHEL 8. The z/TPF Run Time Metrics Collection (zRTMC) Starter Kit uses Docker but not Podman thus ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

WebServices support in AD

RFE opened on behalf of BNNP BNPP would like to load information describing z/OS Webservices in the AD datamodel. BNPP would like to perform queries (graphs and reports) integrated with other standard AD data. The WebServices that should be fully ...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

Ability to Suspend a Timer Across IPLs

It would be appreciated if we can have ability to suspend a timer and keep that timer suspended across IPLs.
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

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