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Allow for different color schemes based on connection

Would like to be able to customized a unique color scheme based on a connection. Example: If I was to access a members on LPAR1 it would have a say a light blue hue background. If I was to access LPAR2 it would have a green hue background.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Newer software support releases for HATS

HATS 9.7 is currently not supported on Windows 2019, only 2016 - this is classed as end of life for Microsoft. There have also been reliability issues with the OS, so it would be better to support this on Windows 2019. Similarly, HATS has not been...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Non-industry Specific 2 Planned for future release

allowing sorting of members in MVS DataSets

Sorting members in DataSets is very useful - for example sorting by change date to see recently changed members. The current state makes navigation a lot more difficult.
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 1 Not under consideration

Create latest HOD package in Docker Container

Bureau of Fiscal Service is currently upgrading Host On Demand implementation and moving from AIX to RHEL and to the latest version of HOD.
about 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Planned for future release

Provide library javax.smartcardio

requires support for javax.smartcardio in IBM JDK 8.
about 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Request IDz Editor to support(edit) SO/SI only(no DBCS) character in file.

When an z/OS memberinclude SI/SO only fieald, IDz Editor open read only mode. There'are many customer's case that SO/SI only(no DBCS) character exists. If IDz editor's Operability is same as ISPF editor,IDz will very useful many customers.(editabl...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Phasein of Java bundles in an environment with different bundles and dependencies between these bundles

FI is going to modernize its backend application, that means it will migrate its programs step by step to Java. As runtime Environment we use CICS TS. CICS TS supports the Integration of Cobol and Java. Currently we deploy our Java part in one CIC...
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CPSM - Must be able to recover isolated CMAS without restarting address spaces

Currently, whenever a CMAS becomes isolated for whatever reason it is not possible to restore ("un-isolate") the CMAS without restarting one or more address spaces. Similar situations occur whenever a CMAS/CMAS link (MRO) fails for any reason. Rec...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

LOOKUP builtin function

Lookups are usually done via do i=1 to n while(^match) ordo i = 1 to n until(match) loops. This type of processing is not efficient even (see the "Use Case" below) if subsequent matches match on a next item in a table. What is proposed is a new bu...
over 8 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Not under consideration

Expand the capabilities of the Push to Client Features supported in IBM Developer for z/OS

The following link lists the currently supported configuration items that are supported with the IDz Push to Client feature. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/developer-for-zos/15.0?topic=configuration-planning-push-client-environment This is a request ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / All components 1 Not under consideration

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