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Export in CSV of Control-M components

It is not possible to export the Control-M plan in CSV or Excel format Our need is to have two possible exports (CSV or Excel), this can be on the same file with two tabs:- Downstream links with the list of Jobs and their successors- Upstream link...
over 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

Product usage information from USS

TADz also collecting usage data from USS as from z/OS
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Planned for future release

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" needs extending

CICS Explorer view "CMAS Details" only shows a single CMAS based on which one is selected in the CMAS Explorer view. Having to select each CMAS in turn to view or perform actions against is time consuming.
over 5 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Cobol - New Reserved Words to reduce hard coding

My suggestion is Cobol should have two new reserved words containing the currently executing Section / Paragraph name i.e. CURRENT-SECTION / CURRENT-PARAGRAPH (both would have an implicit picture clause X(30). Typically this would be useful in err...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

Implement CEDA CHECK (e.g. for LIST) to ensure CICS region starts properly

Implement the CEDA CHECK option in CICS Explorer (see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicsts/v4r2/topic/com.ibm.cics.ts.resourcedefinition.doc/ceda/commands/dfha4_check.html) to allow for example checking LISTs for consistency
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration

3270 emulation in Developer for z systems cannot connect due to different HCE and RSED connections with both valid certificat

the 3270 Emulation in devloper for z Systems refuses the SSL connectivity, if the HCE Emulation Connection connects to a different Server than the configured RSED connectivity. Although both Connections do have valid certificates. The failure is, ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Change panel CSLUPAA (SPOC) to support wider screen sizes.

This deficiency locks the user into a *x80 form factor even when using a wider screen sizes. This causes the user to waste time scrolling left and right in a very narrow window. I can supply an alternative version of the CSLUPAA panel that support...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Common Service Layer 1 Not under consideration

EKMF Web Audit Log filter not working correctly - Deutsche Bundesbank

Deutsche Bundesbank customer noticed during workshop that the EKMF Web Audit Log filtering tool wasn't working as expected. When searching a specific key label, it outputted everything.
over 1 year ago in Enterprise Key Management Foundation / EKMF Web 3 Functionality already exists

Allow for SFTP and Tectia server

Tectia Server in IBM Z/OS use file transfer to MVS dataset (FTADV – File Transfer Advice String) using SFTP protocol in the Mainframe. HOD Dev team investigated the code including on the mainframe end. After discussion with the Development manager...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Planned for future release

Menu Manager Connection filters for action

I have a RDz connected to three different mainframes and i need to configure Menu Manager action for each mainframe. The action is different for each mainframe. Currently the RDz support filters only for Data Set Filters. I need actions to be asso...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Future consideration

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