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Add an option to the Retrieve Data Set feature to restrict search on additional qualifiers

In remote systems perspective, when we retrieve datasets in MVS files, there no option to restrict the dataset filter criteria to a particular number of qualifiers or nodes. This would be similar to unchecking the " Include Additional Qualifiers" ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Delivered

USS filters in Export Remote JAR dialog

When developing Java batch applications our teams want to execute and test them as fast as possible. Therefore the "Export Remote Jar" functionality is used to reduce the number of manual steps. The dialog when selecting the remote target director...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Delivered

Sort for entry date in jes spool monitor

We want to have the option to sort the job output in the jes spool monitor in remote system view by entry date, so that the latest jobout is shown at the beginning.With IDz 14.2 the sort order of job output is by jobid, but this is not a usefull s...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 3 Delivered

Need to stop IDz searching on whole MVS level

Need a way to stop IDz searching on whole MVS level, just like in ISPF 3.4 option, users cannot input "*" as the first dataset qualifier. Otherwise it will cost high CPU on host and frozen in listener.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered

Remote Edit History View does not support Browse

The Remote Edit History View has an "Open" command in the context menu. This means that the selected file is always locked. It would make sense to add a "Browse" to the context menu in the same way as the Remote Systems View, so that the file to b...
9 months ago in z/OS Explorer 2 Delivered

Compare two files from Remote Edit History view

When working with files in IDz it is often cumbersome to find and selecting different members in the Remote Systems view if the members are in different libraries. Users would like to have the option of comparing two files/members from the Remote ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 5 Delivered

ISPF-SDSF XDC equivalent function on IDZ

Currently we do not any option where we can capture the JES details into a text file , in specific use case we are not able to load JES file with 4m lines into IDZ.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 3 Delivered

Confirmation pop-up for JES commands (HOLD, RELEASE, CANCEL and PURGE) passed on jobs not owned by the same USERID

Thankfully not often but we have some times users that CANCEL/PURGE jobs in mass in "Active Jobs" filter in JES and disconnect a lot of others users. For the need of "Show JCL" commands, we have left the parameter LIMIT_COMMANDS to "NOLIMIT" and t...
about 5 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Other 4 Delivered

Delete jobs - confirmation dialog "You are not the owner of ..." should appear only once

Hello, I have the following problem when I want to delete jobs whose owner I am not. Remote Systems View => JESI select a lot of jobs and execute delete. A first confirmation dialog appears "delete selected resources" => see delete_jobs_1.jp...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Explorer 3 Delivered

"show steps" should also support the backward reference in the PGM parameter of an EXEC statement in the JCL

The "show steps" function should support the backward reference in the PGM parameter of an EXEC statement in the JCL. Actually, if we submit the following job (adjust job card as needed), then right click on the Job inthe Remote systems explorer v...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Host 4 Delivered