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z/OS Explorer

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IDZ V14.2.0 Browsing a remote sequential file not possible unlike TSO

In Remote Systems view (z/OS Projects perspective), if I open a remote file to edit it, my colleagues can neither browse nor view this file whereas if they work directly with TSO they can read the file in browse or view mode. IDZ displays a pop-up...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Add warning when exporting RSE filters leads to not export all filters

When you export filters for a z/OS connection in Remote Systems Explorer, there must be a warning, if this doesn't lead to export all filters.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Not under consideration

RDZ copy host to client strips trailing blanks

RDZ copy host to client should keep trailing blanks. RDz/IDz has always done it this way. Some users can have an issue with this for data that needs to be processed in spreadsheets
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Copy a binary file between different remote systems or local and remote system

The idea is to allow copying sequencial PDS's or PDS's members with binary data from one remote system to a different remote system and between the local and remote system in the IDz IDE
7 months ago in z/OS Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Single FTP session to allow MFA

In the FTP perspective, use only one FTP session. This will allow our multi factor authentication MFA. From the sniffer/Wireshark, we see the first session authenticate, but the second fails because the same token pin is presented a second time. T...
about 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 2 Not under consideration

Parameter colorisation in JCL editor

Add the possibility to colour a parameter in Window > Preferences > JCL > Editor > Syntax Colouring.
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

IDz - PDS Member stats need to be created when not present

Currently we do not have a setting in LPEX corresponding to ISPF STATS. In ISPF, stats are creted based on the setting STATS = ON or OFF, and LPEX creates stats only if the dataset already has stats.
about 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Use same password for several z/OS systems in view "Remote System"

Use same password for several z/OS systems in view "Remote System".
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Not under consideration

IDz JMON Started Task session limit

There is a limit to the number of session connections the JMON Started Task will allow. Once this limit is reached, all further connection attempts are rejected with message: FEJ205W Warning: Session limit exceeded All work through IDz stops until...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 3 Not under consideration

RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only

RFE IDz Remote Systems View should be able to sort datasets alphabetical by dataset name only and not by type-based order like when listing a mix of non-migrated and migrated (DFSMShsm HMIGRATE) datasets. This is currently by design. No doubt, if ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 2 Not under consideration

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