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Enterprise COBOL to support greater than 999,999 lines in source listing

Since the introduction of Enterprise COBOL version 5 in 2013/2014, IBM has been all about eliminating constraints and limits in the COBOL compiler. In Enterprise COBOL version 6, IBM introduced the 64-bit backend processing to support programs of ...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 6 Delivered

Permit pjdd to have all JES2 DDName like in SDSF with 'input on' command

pjdd stands for Print Job DDName and today pjdd does not print all Jobs DDName. So the purpose of this ideas is to have all JES2 DDName like in SDSF with 'input on' command
over 1 year ago in Z Open Automation Utilities 3 Delivered

Lift or remove limits of INLIST built-in function

The INLIST built-in function is limited to 63 values (64 arguments), please either lift that up to at least 127 values (128 arguments) or remove the limitation. That background is, that based on the new MAXRUNONIF compiler option of version 6.1, w...
11 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

String search does not work for special characters like single quote (and some other)

When trying to search for string f.e. PROGRAM search works fine. However if we would like to do search for 'PROGRAM' string search does not give any result. The same thing is when using regex search [\x27]PROGRAM[\x27]. This is important as someti...

Enable CICS PA to read input directly from a Logstream

We would like CICS/PA to use the logger logstream as input to a CICS performance report, instead of the SMF data.
about 6 years ago in CICS Performance Analyzer for z/OS / Runtime 3 Delivered

Request For Enhancement

Hi Developer,Modify the HSISUDEL job/program to add an option that would allow us to retain Usage Log records when HSISUDEL is run.
6 months ago in IBM Z Software Asset Management 2 Delivered

Windows 10 support for IMS Explorer required

Up to now the IMS Explorer is only supported to Windows 7 and 8. We also need support to Windows 10 to administer the IMS catalog.
about 6 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Delivered

HOD 14.0.2 Secure FTP with JSSE enabled - Issue with performance

When using HOD 14.02 secure FTP with JSSE enabled there is a noticeable performance issue. Performance means that the rate at which files gets transferred is very slow compared to other FTP tools. HOD tends to process the transfer of files singula...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Delivered

Warning at lack of end-evaluate

It would be handy if the lack of end-evaluate would be reported with a warning.
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 8 Delivered

EAV Support for TEMS Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server

In OMEGAMON TEMS, PDS files are not supported with EAV devices.
about 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 3 Delivered