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Fault Analayzer should be able to provide abended file and records involved in the abend

When I open a fault analyzer report for abended job I want to get the file name and all the bad records information which causes the abend.
about 7 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

HSBC UK - VTP Recording and/or Replay Filter Enhancement

VTP RFE: Can VTP limit the recording to only the application-owned modules necessary for the test scope using either include or exclude filter? Then at REPLAY, VTP only executes the selected application-ownedprograms that have been recorded and it...
almost 3 years ago in Z Virtual Test Platform 1 Future consideration

HOLDDATA for ADF products - Support FIXCAT and ERRSYSMODS reports

Add and update Enhanced HOLDDATA (http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html) for all ADF FMIDs.Currently, each product must be checked individually: * Explorer for z/OS - http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047906#311...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 2 Future consideration

Syntax Check Facility in RTC-Userbuild to support error feedback

The Syntax Check Facility for user build works for the setup, when the input file to the compiler is also defined as the input of the translator. As soon as the client uses a translator running a preprocessor resolving macros in a dedicated step, ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

Interface Dynamic Workload Console with EJBROLE RACF profile to define roles at login.

It's now possible to login to the DWC using a RACF user, and map this user for using it in the TWS subsystem, it would be nice to have a full RACF interface by making the EJBROLE profile available to define Role in the DWC. At the moment we still ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Option for identifying unreachable and easily removable code.

We would like to suggest an option like the rules suboptions NOUNREF* for marking unreachable code.We are aware that compiling with OPT(2) will give us informationals for unreachable code, but sometimes it can be difficult to determine if the code...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

CICS - client connectivity to MQ

CICS is our primary transaction server on z/OS. MQ is our primary messaging software - on both z/OS and Distributed. Currently, CICS is restricted to connect to only 1 MQM (and that too in Bindings mode). We request that CICS be able to connect to...
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

MICROSECONDS time option in FORMATTIME API

Providing a MICROSECONDS option in FORMATTIME CICS API
about 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Move EPCB and CSAPSB Pool above the 64-bit bar

Mizuho-bank is now designing new account system and experiencing ECSA shortage.The main contributing factors are EPCB and CSAPSB pools, despite the efforts of IMS technical team to shrink each PSB size (cutting off the DBPCBs) and reduce IFP regio...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 2 Not under consideration

Enhance ECBRM (ECB Resource Manager) product to include CPU MILS checks for alert or exit processing.

While ECBRM provides fantastic monitoring for many ECB resource use cases, it does not handle MILS usage. There is a desire to sunset local custom/competing resource monitor code in favor of a one-stop approach using ECBRM but we need support for ...
over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

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