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Add additional statistics to the DLRACCT stats area

Adding additional metrics to the DLRACCT data area will provide better insight into where units of work are spending time and help identify bottlenecks. Currently, field DLRESAF provides a total number of ESAF Normal calls. Would like to see this ...
over 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / DLI 1 Not under consideration

IBM z Omegamon for CICS missing capabilities

Poste Italian, an Italian Bank postal office, but also a bank, telephone provider and insurance company, was complaining about the following bullets below: In the KCPTASHP view, the “Programs” section includes a list of the routines called by each...
5 months ago in IBM Z OMEGAMON for CICS / All components 1 Not under consideration

to add the utilities ICETOOL

datasets used in PROCS that aren't displayed, and they aren't picked because the specific utilities are not being handled in ADDI.
5 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Not under consideration

Keep Array Counter Fields in Response

The Array Count-by option to limit the number of records in an array provides a large performance increase, however there is a trade-off that you always lose that field from the data area itself. I request that the field used to count the number o...
about 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Modify DBB Scanner to Recognize Easytrieve Includes

During the build, the sources are scanned to detect the dependencies between files. The scanner running right now is able to scan Easytrieve files but it doesn't detect any dependencies so IBM has to modify this scanner.
almost 4 years ago in Dependency Based Build 1 Not under consideration

LDAP authentication on HOD Licence Manager

Add the possibility to configure Host On Demand Licence Manager to use LDAP as authentication method. Adding options of Administrator and Monitor roles based on LDAP groups.
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Not under consideration

Improve and expand batch Software Analyzer functionality in IDz (z/os Explorer Extension)

Improve generated reports and outputs from IDz's batch Software Analyzer.Currently, the report that is generated from a batch run is 0 bytes and contains no details.The other files are included in the zip but are xml and hard to analyze.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 2 Not under consideration

Keep track of DFHCSD and BAS changes not only on JESJOBS sysout but also on the repository itself for future investigation

when the cics resources are changed or excluded the messages are displayed only at the jesjobs sysouts and it is missed after a cics recycle, becoming impossible to track the before image.
about 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

support signed tokens for callout/consumer scenario

support signed tokens for callout/consumer scenario
over 8 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Not under consideration

IDZ Software Analyzer Custom Rules - Create Rule for JCL components for JCL files and Copybook components for Copybook files

The java package for creating COBOL custom rules under IDZ Software Analyzer only support cobol components. An interface is created for Copybook components but no class is created for Copybook components. This is similar to the case for JCL compon...
about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Software Analyzer 1 Not under consideration