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PDSE support for IMS (Steplib)

Currently IMS does not fully support PDSEs outside of MODBLKS, PGMLIB, SMPLTS, and SDFSJLIB. However the direction of travel for other Mainframe Components seems to be to move from PDS to PDSE with IMS not falling in line with this. This causes is...
over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / All components 2 Not under consideration

change EQQYCOM to support rmode=any

IEW2646W 5383 ESD RMODE(24) CONFLICTS WITH USER-SPECIFIED RMODE(ANY) FOR SECTION EQQYCOM CLASS B_TEXT. we want to use standard linkage setting rmode=any and amode=31
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Require a RESTful api to deploy policy files

We have a requirement for a RESTful api to deploy policy files
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

move GDPS to run under ansible as compare to NetView

Unify automation solution, increase UNIX usage on z/OS and reduce software cost.
8 months ago in GDPS 4 Not under consideration

TimeZone control for BAQVERBOSE messages

Timestamps on BAQVERBOSE messages reflect UTC not the local TimeZone. We would like to have the ability to control this.
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

'DEDB Alter' may support adding segments dynamically

IMS users ask the function of 'DEDB Alter' can support to add new segments dynamically.
over 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 3 Not under consideration

Multiple windows for SQL Results

When using the Data perspective to run SQL you have to independently click on the SQL results to view the result for each run in the right hand window. Suggestion would be to make it possible to break out each result into its own movable window, b...
over 5 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Not under consideration

User Customizable ATTN key handling

Default handling of the ATTN key requires two presses of the key to pass ATTN through to the application. We would like this to be an option, possibly in the global profile, to be able to set the default action to allow the first press of ATTN to ...
over 5 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS TCPIP Ports to reset to CLOSE status whenever TCPIP server crashes

The CICS TCPIP Ports needs to automatically reset to CLOSE status whenever TCPIP server crashes.
about 4 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Automatic Binary Optimizer - Remove EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND restriction

Automatic Binary Optimizer is a product used to improve the performance of already compiled IBM COBOL programs. The optimizer does not require source code, source code migration, or performance options tuning. It uses modern optimization technolog...
over 8 years ago in Automatic Binary Optimizer 1 Not under consideration

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