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IBM Host Access Transformation Services

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Assign/manage PCOMM licenses via M/F security database (e.g. RACF)

Prospective customer would like to swap-out Attachmate for IBM PCOMM but does not want to use the IBM definition of an Authorized User for licensing purposes. Instead, customer wants PCOMM to offer a function similar to that of Attachmate where th...
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

Add ability to create custom helper template

Create a workspace properties selection under HATS > Integration Objects to select a custom integration object helper class.
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 5 Not under consideration

Update I.O. templates so it works with extraction of other planes

An Integration Object will not pick up the extracts from other datastream planes. This is needed to expose this plane data to web services.
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Add support for Hand held Scanner for HATS "Host Access Transformation Services"

At ths time HATS does not support Hand Held scanners. I have another client/PMR "DAKOTA ELECTRIC ASSOC" wanting to use hand held scanners with HATS.
about 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Move resourceUpdate.sts into the Eclipse workspace metadata area

Move the file WEB-INF/profiles/resourceUpdate.sts to the Eclipse .metatdata directory in the workspace to avoid constant updates to version control.
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Package HATS runtime as a shared library

Currently HATS packages its runtime as part of each EAR developed, so when deploying multiple applications (if they cannot be packaged in a single EAR) takes a lot of disk space on WAS servers due to multiple copies of the same code (around 28 MB ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 4 Not under consideration

Add company logo to session panel

We want to implement a company logo to the session panel as watermark for company identity purposes.
almost 13 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

One folder in APPDATA for all files

In our company guideline we use for every product following policy:companyname->product, in this case, we want following solution, if we use the parameter "UseAppData=true" in HoD 11.0.4:The first folder must be "IBMHoD" under this folder, we w...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration