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Enabling the IBM LinuxONE and IBM Power 10 ( or later ) C/C++ Compilers to integrate with Intel oneAPI

Intel oneAPI is an open, cross-architecture programming model that frees developers to use a single code base across multiple architectures. The result is accelerated compute without vendor lock-in. for more information : https://www.intel.com/con...
over 1 year ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

IDz - PDS Member stats need to be created when not present

Currently we do not have a setting in LPEX corresponding to ISPF STATS. In ISPF, stats are creted based on the setting STATS = ON or OFF, and LPEX creates stats only if the dataset already has stats.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Not under consideration

Remove browser requirement for servers' install/upgrade

We are not able to upgrade to ADDI 6.1.1 as it requires an Internet browser, which are not allowed on servers as it creates an unacceptable risk to our organization.
over 1 year ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Add CTG Explorer Column - STATS PORT

Add Stats Port information Column. Explorer already shows TCP and SSL port. Would be good to see the Stats Port also; then can view in single view all CTG Ports in use.
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 1 Future consideration

Reorg While Open (CR+) should not have a long during lock on the catalog

The Reorg While Open function of Advanced Catalog Management (CR+) puts a lock on the catalog during rebuilding. For larger catalogs this can take up to several minutes. In this time, no datasets residig in this catalog can be accessed and no new ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Pop-up / alert message when JES job completes

Would like some form of notification (pop-up) when job completes. May be configurable to pop up or not.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

New option to generate DBD without metadata

We would like to have a new DBDGEN option that enables users to generate a DBD without an extended fields table for metadata. For example, we propose adding a new macro like below, which precedes other DBDGEN macros and allows users to specify not...
almost 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Add shortcut keys to Open, browse, view

We ask our users to not open a dataset in edit mode if not needed. On ISPF days it was always the same effort to open a dataset in browse, view or edit. In Remote Systems view, double click opens in edit, but to open in browse or view it needs rig...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 3 Not under consideration

Support for exporting Eclipse network proxy/timeout settings through Push-To-Client

I am opening this enhancement request on behalf of the customer who is requesting "Support for exporting Eclipse network proxy/timeout settings through Push-To-Client". For the network connection settings, the preferences can be found under: Gener...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer / Remote System Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Omegamon z/OS - Sum of z/OS fields

We use some panels in Omegamon TEP to monitor our environment, specifically the CP consumption on our z14. We have a problem understanding the total machine consumption because the physical % CP and overhead % are separated and we can't put them t...
almost 5 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 5 Future consideration