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Allow advanced filtering of Show In > Data Elements information

Filtering on name is very limited. More advanced filtering on Name, Top-level-Item, Declared In and Item Type should be provided. The Data Elements view could be a powerful feature if more advanced filter is provided. Most of our developers only u...
about 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Support the mounting of Keystores in the ZosConnect Custom Resource (CR) schema

Why is it useful? (IPIC is used as an example to illustrate the requirement, but the requirement extends to any Keystores that may be required by a z/OS Connect API server.) IPIC security is an important consideration when deploying z/OS Connect A...
10 months ago in z/OS Connect 0 Future consideration

z/OS Connect EE - Support for Multiple Versions

z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit (3.0.60 - current version) along with z/OS Connect EE 3.0.24, doesn't support Multiple version Naming for IMS or CICS APIs created. Though there are different fields available for 'Name' and 'version', while generating ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Missing options in CICS Explorer for System Dump Codes

CICS/TS 5.4 upwards have options DSPLIST (Data Space List) and JOBLIST (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSGMCP_5.4.0/reference/commands-spi/dfha8_setsysdumpcode.html) which have also been added to the CICSPlex SM base table (https://www.ibm.com/docs/e...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

ADDI - Secondary RACF ID

Currently the product does not support DB2 secondary authorization IDs
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

modify BAQSMFP to provide CSV delimited output options

Currently the sample library contains program BAQSMFP to format SMF123 T1 V1 and V2 records. Could this be enhanced to also produce CSV delimited files for V1 and V2 records to simplify consumption by other tools.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Promotion of Remote Syntax Check

We need a visibility enhancement for the Remote syntax check function in order for the developpers to see it fastly and use it more than what they are currently do.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 5 Future consideration

More shortcut on record filtering to have a faster way to get the output data

Cause : to have a faster way to get the output data Requirement : when select option 1 (to view the file), requires the ability to straight away enter the dataset name to be browsed, the copybook to be use and the selection on one single screen as...
over 2 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

New extended mnemonics needed for branches/jumps following TMLL and friends

New extended mnemonics are needed for "branch/jump [not]mixed" instructions to be used following the newer Test Under Mask instructions. The older TM instruction never sets CC=2, so the older branch/jump [not]mixed mnemonics (JM, JNM and similar) ...
over 2 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 2 Not under consideration

IGY-Compiler-Messages are not summarized at the end of the SYSPRINT

In cobol-versions pre 5.1. all IGY-compliler-messages (info, warning, error, severe) are summarized at the end of the SYSPRINT-output . In Cobol 5.1.1 and above these messages are displayed anywhere and not always in one block.
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

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