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File Manager for z/OS

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Improve performance of RECSTATS in VIEW mode

Improve record processing time and memory usage of RECSTATS in FM VIEW mode.
over 11 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 11 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 11 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).
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager Load Module Compare to handle modules with EDIT=NO Binder parameter

Allow the File Manager Load Module Compare feature to list module information when the module is bound/linked using the EDIT=NO parameter. The Binder parameter EDIT=NO permanently deletes the data the Binder Compress, compresses. As such, the modu...
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

multiple MQ loadlib for File Manager

To provide a way to associate individual MQ CSQLOAD to the MQ managers that File Manager discovered on the LPAR
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager member copy - fix to permit mass member prefix renames

When attempting to use the DSC function to change the PREFIX of PDS members, the product fails.Syntax used -$$FILEM DSC INPUT=DDIN, $$FILEM OUTPUT=DDOUT, $$FILEM MEMBER=DB2A*, ** INPUT MEMBER PATTERN $$FILEM MEMOUT=XDDB2A* ** OUTPUT MEMBER RENAME ...
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager GUI - Editor, Template Editor - adding 'End' to indicate field's ending position in a file

In File Manager GUI, for a field you can see starting position, length but not ending position.  We can see ending position on mainframe and this is very important, because we need to know where the field begins and where it ends.  We are working ...
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

File Manager: Allow multiple datasets in the Find/Change Utility Panel

In the Find/Change Utility Panel we can only specify one dataset., where the customer (ING Bank, The Netherlands) wants to be able to specify multiple datasets.
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow editing of segmented records using Record Descriptor Words (RDW).

The customer is not able to add/remove segments to variable length records using File Manager. With File Aid, they were able to add/remove thesesegments with the RDW being automatically recalculated/updated. Customer is a C/C++ shop and would pref...
about 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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