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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...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status

We would like GDPS to support Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status. See TS003602059 for detail.
over 4 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

IDz: Copy/Paste only works in one direction

e want to use copy and paste while working with the project view and the remote system explorer. We tried it in both directions but only the way from the project explorer to the host worked. There is a workaround with drag and drop but I wonder wh...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 6 Not under consideration

DFS2291I message only mode of operation

Message DFS2291I is issued when DFSVSMxx keyword LOCKTIME is used. Today LOCKTIME has 2 options ABEND or STATUS. We have the need for a new option MSGONLY that results ina) no action against the waiterb) message DFS2291I being issued to syslogc) t...
almost 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Release TPF Debugger from IBM TPF Toolkit as Java Library

Take the IBM TPF Debugger facilities that exist in IBM TPF Toolkit 4.6 and make available to customers as a stand-alone Java library (NOT as an Eclipse plug-in). n other words, provide the Java library that is responsible for the functionality to ...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 5 Not under consideration

Provide possibility to automate fetch of PgmModuleMap.txt

Hi When using different names for loadmodule and first program it's possible to map those with PgmModuleMap.txt ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/addi/6.1.1?topic=tasks-adding-files-project-folders ). To be able to automate create/update of the textfi...
11 months ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 0 Not under consideration

Support for IMS transaction name length required

Our site uses variable length IMS transaction names.The current implementation of the API Toolkit with fix PH09920 allows to specify a transaction name that will either be padded with spaces for a maximum length of 8 characters or if the Space Del...
over 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Not under consideration

Enable CPSM EYU9XLOP as threadsafe in CICS

Need CPSM routing code (EYU9XLOP) to run threadsafe in routing region
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Prompt for a formula field should include field description.

When using the Statistics Alert Definition panel to enter a new alert, the prompt key (PF4) allows you to see and select the field name. After selecting the field, only the field name is added to the panel. It would be nice if the field descriptio...
almost 2 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

iDz 'Debug Configurations' option does not work on JCL that is based on JCL procedures that has more than one step

We have found out that when using ‘Debug Configurations’ option ‘z/OS Batch Application using existing JCL’ we cannot get it working when JCL itself is based on JCL procedures if there are more steps in the JCL.
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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