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HOD / iACS Macro language extensions

Working on some iACS macros for data import. Urgently missing a functionality to* convert integer to hex and vice versa* open a text file on workstation, read data and insert into fields on 5250 display* grab data from 5250 display and write to te...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 5 Planned for future release

VMRELOCATE off from GDPS menu

We would like to be able to set vmrelocate off for guests running under z/VM from GDPS menu
over 6 years ago in GDPS 12 Planned for future release

Remote engine - Shadow job status

With reference to PMR n.° 40852 311 758 - Problem on shadow job status - we would like ask to improve how shadow job worksin order to avoid the behaviur described in the PMR. Shadow job doesn't reflect faithfully the status of its Remote.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

PCOMM support display EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 Chinese Character

in case# TS002613682, PCOMM is not able to render Chinese character which EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 due to its implementation using an old method of converting host chars to Chinese GBK before rendering on the screen.
over 4 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

Rational Business Developer dependency analyze Tool

Client has large EGL project need to analyze its dependency, the need RBD to add a tool to read RBD temp file like *dg.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

Documentation doesn't mention soft link for /usr/bin/env which seems to be needed for scripts to work properly

Having this mentioned in documentation may save a big number of hours of debugging everyone's first build process with DBB and groove. The user responsible for running dbb builds has Bash set as their default shell (configured via OMVS PROGRAM set...
12 months ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Planned for future release

Personal Communication iASP enable for file Transfer

Enable to access iASP when using File transfer(Send & Receive) option within Personal Communication. I also open TS006404568
almost 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

TADZ Reports - New column showing product version and release based on the last GKB loaded

Can the reports be updated with adding an extra column to show the latest version and release of products registered in the lastest GKB loaded. By adding this column would add value because analyst can review and assess how far off products are fr...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 1 Planned for future release

Single Sign On with Open ID Connect in HACP EE

HACP EE is a web application which offers a zero foot print host accessFor customers who want to access HACP EE using single sign on should be able to do so using OIDC or Open Id Connect. It is a modern standard for exchanging authenticated end us...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

Enhance GETSYSWORD - USERID

USERID (Batch job submitter's User ID)USERNAME (Batch job submitter's User Name)
almost 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 1 Planned for future release