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IBM HourGlass for z/OS

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Requesting for 64bit version of the C++ Zap

We're using Hourglass V7.1 on Z/OS 2.3The application programmers have introduced a new version of an existing legacy program. The new code is not picking up hourglass date. The only difference between the batch jobs is the application program. Th...
almost 3 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Avoidance of repettive HourGlass ACES scans in AGGELIG

This is a dramatic CPU-time reduction request. HourGlass processing is controlled by an "ACES", a table in ECSA strorage. The table contains information on whether and how to change the local time during a TIME service call. This is done by runnin...
almost 12 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Improve the usability/functionality of Control Center

Customer try to use control center to specify date/time at JOB level, however customer found some issues to use Control Center as follows; Issues to be improved; - same Jobname can be registered from the panel of 'Control properties: MVS Batch/STC...
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Opportunity to sort IBM HourGlass: Controls Overview

Sometimes we have more than 1000 entries in the Controls Overview.To better manage this we want to have the opportunity to sort the entries after a column (for example (User-ID).
almost 10 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Create CICS Control Element

Allow the Control Center running under ISPF to support date/time simulations for CICS regions.
over 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Allow HourGlass to accept a Date a number of days ahead or back

Hourglass allows you to specify a date plus or minus a number of years from the current date.I need to have this ability to specify a date plus (or minus) a number of days, this number should be 3 digits to allow for upto a year (although 999 woul...
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Customer would like to place the DD statements in JCL other than programmer name field to specify at JOB level

When customer would like to specify date/time in JCL at JOB level, Hourglass only support to set it in the programmer name filed. However customer currently use the programmer name filed for another purpose. This is the request to provide another ...
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Can Hourglass programs be defined with API(OPEN).

With the current Hourglass CICS program definitions it is possible thatthey will generate significant numbers of TCB swaps for each access toCICS timing facilities once the application programs are defined asThreadsafe ( API(OPEN) ) Find the addit...
over 5 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

Add Hourglass support for offset dates that survive across IPLs

Please add support for relative date offset that survives an IPL and is requested by using an relative offset start date.Could look like Oxddmmyyyyy where x=P or M and ddmmyyyyy dd is the number of days to offset relative to current date. I sugges...
almost 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Control Elements for CICS

Control Elements for CICS.we would like AGGSCDS sharing across CICS region on the same LPAR / override the date at the CICS started task level (similar to ATF)It needs to be able to retain date/time overrides when the region cycles. It needs to be...
about 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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